Reconstruction:Old Saxon/wivil

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• *uuivil, *wibil

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wibil.

Noun

*wivil m

1. beetle

Declension

Declension of *wivil (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*wivil	*wivlos
accusative	*wivil	*wivlos
genitive	*wivles	*wivlō
dative	*wivle	*wivlum
instrumental	—	—

Derived terms

• goldwivil

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wevel, wêvel
  • → Swedish: vivel