Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fiþulā

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 Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ, of uncertain ultimate origin. It is unclear if Late Latin vitula is the origin or a borrowing of the Germanic term.

Noun

*fiþulā f

fiddle
Synonyms: *gīgā, *gīgu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fiþulā
Genitive	*fiþulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fiþulā	*fiþulōn
Accusative	*fiþulōn	*fiþulōn
Genitive	*fiþulōn	*fiþulōnō
Dative	*fiþulōn	fiþulōm, fiþulum
Instrumental	*fiþulōn	fiþulōm, fiþulum

Descendants

Old English: *fiþele
- Middle English: fithele, fedele, fedle, fethele, ffythil, ffythele, fieþle, fithel, fiþele, fydell, phetele, phethele, viþele
  - English: fiddle (dialectal feddle)
    - → Swahili: fidla
  - Scots: fiddle
  - Yola: videl
  - → Irish: fidil
  - → Scottish Gaelic: fìdheall
Old Frisian: *fithele, *fidele
- Saterland Frisian: Fiedel
- West Frisian: fidel, fitel
  - ⇒ West Frisian: fiteltsje
Old Saxon: *fithala
- Middle Low German: vedele, vēdele, veddele, viddele, veddel, viddel
  - German Low German: Fiedel
  - Plautdietsch: Fiddel
Old Dutch: *fithela
- Middle Dutch: vedele, viedele, vedel
  - Dutch: vedel (archaic veel)
Old High German: fidala, fidula
- Middle High German: videle, fidele, fidel
  - Central Franconian: Fedel, Fiddel
  - German: Fiedel, Fidel (see usage notes below)
    - → Lower Sorbian: fidle
    - → Polish: fidel
  - Rhine Franconian: Fidel
    - Pennsylvania German: Fiedel
  - Yiddish: פֿידל (fidl)
→? Late Latin: vitula, vidula (possibly) (see there for further descendants)