Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þwahilu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *þwahan +‎ *-ilu.[1][2]

Noun

*þwahilu f

towel, washcloth

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þwahilu
Genitive	*þwahilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þwahilu	*þwahilō
Accusative	*þwahilā	*þwahilā
Genitive	*þwahilā	*þwahilō
Dative	*þwahilē	þwahilōm, þwahilum
Instrumental	*þwahilu	þwahilōm, þwahilum

Alternative reconstructions

*þwahilā[3]

Related terms

*þwahl

Derived terms

*handuþwahilu

Descendants

Old English: þwǣle
Old Saxon: thwahila, thwehila
- Middle Low German: dwēle, dweile, twele
  - German Low German: Twele, Dweel
Old Dutch: *thweila, *thwāla
- Middle Dutch: *dweile, dwâle, dwele, dwael
  - Dutch: dweil, dwaal
Old High German: dwehila, dwahila
- Middle High German: dwehele, twehele, dwehel, twehel, twahel, dwēle, twēle, twelle, zwehel, zwechel, zwehele, zwēle
  - Alemannic German: Zwächele
  - German: Zwehle, Quehle (from East Central German)
→ Medieval Latin: toallia (see there for further descendants)
- → Old High German: tuallia (reborrowing)

References

Franck, Johannes (1936), “weil”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “*þwaʒila-, -ilô-”
Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Zwehle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 820: “g. *þwahila-”
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*pwahla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555: “*þwahilon-”

[1] Franck, Johannes (1936), “weil”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “*þwaʒila-, -ilô-”

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Zwehle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 820: “g. *þwahila-”

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*pwahla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555: “*þwahilon-”