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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hwīlō (“while, period, pause”) + *-āną.
Pronunciation
Verb
*hwīlāną[1][2]
- to rest, to pause, to take a break
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwīlō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267: “*hwīlēn-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xwīlēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201