whytel
Middle English
Alternative forms
- whitle, wytele, wittulle
Etymology
From Old English hwītel, from Proto-Germanic *hwītilaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʍiːtəl/, /ˈwiːtəl/
Noun
whytel (plural whytles)
- blanket or covering
Descendants
- English: whittle
- Yola: whithel
References
- “whītel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.