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]

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

*turdawibilaz

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
  - Middle Low German: wevel, wêvel
    - → Swedish: vivel
- Old Dutch: *wivil
  - Middle Dutch: wivel, wevel
    - Dutch: wevel
- Old High German: wibil
  - Middle High German: wibel, wupel
    - German: Wiebel

References

^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “vivel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 1142
^ 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
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*webilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451

[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

[HGE-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*webilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451

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