Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwirbilōną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *hwirbilaz (“circle, ring, whirl”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*hwirbilōną[1]
- to whirl
Inflection
editConjugation of *hwirbilōną (weak class 2)
Descendants
edit- Old English: *hwirfilian
- Middle English: *whirvelen
- Old Dutch: *wervilon
- Old High German: *wirbilōn
- Old Norse: hvirfla
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*hwerbilōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200