*hwīlō

Runic: ᚺᚹᛁᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxʷiː.lɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

  1. time, period of time, while
  2. period of rest, break, pause

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₁-tléh₂, from *kʷyeh₁- (‘to rest’). Zero-grade plus instrument suffix see Kroonen 2017

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hwīlōhwīlôz
Acc.hwīlǭhwīlōz
Gen.hwīlōzhwīlǫ̂
Dat.hwīlōihwīlōmaz
Inst.hwīlōhwīlōmiz
Voc.hwīlōhwīlôz

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Descendants

  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīla (Old Dutch)
      • wile (Middle Dutch)
        • wiel (Limburgish)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīla (Old Dutch)
      • wile (Middle Dutch)
        • wijl (Dutch)
          • wyl (Afrikaans)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hwīl, huīl (Old English)
      • whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile (Middle English)
        • while (English)
        • while (Scots)
        • while (Yola)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hwīle (Old Frisian)
      • wile (West Frisian)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīla, hwīla (Old High German)
      • wīle (Middle High German)
        • Wäu, Wei, Weil (Bavarian)
        • baille, baila (Cimbrian)
        • Weile, weil (German)
        • ווײַלע (vayle) (Yiddish)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīla, hwīla (Old High German)
      • chvíle, chvíľe (Old Czech)
        • chvíle (Czech)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīla, hwīla (Old High German)
      • chwila, fila (Old Polish)
        • chwila (Silesian)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīla, hwīla (Old High German)
      • chwila, fila (Old Polish)
        • chwila, chfila, chwiła (Polish)
          • хві́ля (xvílja) (Belarusian)
          • chwila (Kashubian)
          • хви́ля (xvýlja) (Ukrainian)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wīla, hwīla (Old High German)
      • chvíľa, chvieľa (Old Slovak)
        • хвиля (xvilja) (Pannonian Rusyn)
        • chvíľa (Slovak)
  • *hwīlu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hwīla (Old Saxon)
      • wīle (Middle Low German)
        • Wiel (German Low German)
  • hvíla (Old Norse)
    • hvíla (Faroese)
    • hvíla (Icelandic)
  • hvíla (Old Norse)
    • hvile (Danish)
      • hvile (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hvíla (Old Norse)
    • kvila (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • kvile (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • hvíla (Old Norse)
    • hvīla (Old Swedish)
      • huilata (Finnish)
      • vila (Swedish)
  • 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila) (Gothic)

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