Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwīlu

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 *hwīlō.

Noun

*hwīlu f

period of rest, pause
time, period of time, while

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwīlu
Genitive	*hwīlā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwīlu	*hwīlō
Accusative	*hwīlā	*hwīlā
Genitive	*hwīlā	*hwīlō
Dative	*hwīlē	hwīlōm, hwīlum
Instrumental	*hwīlu	hwīlōm, hwīlum

Descendants

Old English: hwīl, huīl
- Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile
  - English: while
  - Scots: while
  - Yola: while
Old Frisian: hwīle
- West Frisian: wile
Old Saxon: hwīla
- German Low German: Wiel
Old Dutch: wīla
- Middle Dutch: wile
  - Dutch: wijl
    - Afrikaans: wyl
  - Limburgish: wiel
Old High German: wīla
- Middle High German: wīle
  - Bavarian: Wäu, Wei, Weil
  - Cimbrian: baille, baila (Luserna)
  - German: Weile, weil
  - → Old Czech: chvíle, chvíľe (alternative writing)
    - Czech: chvíle
  - → Old Polish: chwila (“moment”), fila
    - Polish: chwila, chfila (Middle Polish), chwiła (Central Greater Poland, Poznań)
      - → Belarusian: хві́ля (xvílja)
      - → Kashubian: chwila
      - → Ukrainian: хви́ля (xvýlja)
    - Silesian: chwila
  - Yiddish: ווײַלע (vayle)
- → Old Slovak: chvíľa, chvieľa
  - Pannonian Rusyn: хвиля (xvilja)
  - Slovak: chvíľa (“moment”)