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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wibilaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from *webaną (“to weave”) +‎ *-ilaz.[1] Suggested to be related to Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle”).[2][3]

Noun

*wibilaz m[3]

  1. beetle, weevil

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *wibilaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wibilaz *wibilōz, *wibilōs
vocative *wibil *wibilōz, *wibilōs
accusative *wibilą *wibilanz
genitive *wibilas, *wibilis *wibilǫ̂
dative *wibilai *wibilamaz
instrumental *wibilō *wibilamiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wibil
    • Old English: wifel, wibil, wibl, uuibil, *fifel
      • Middle English: wevel, wevyl, wyvyl
        • English: weevil
        • Scots: wavel
    • Old Saxon: *wivil, *uuivil, *wibil
    • Old Dutch: *wivil
    • Old High German: wibil
      • Middle High German: wibel, wupel
        • German: Wiebel

References
  1. Hellquist, Elof (1922) “vivel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 1142
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wiebel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 790
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*webilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 451
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