Reconstruction:Old Saxon/wivil

This Old Saxon 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.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • *uuivil, *wibil

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wibil.

Noun

*wivil m

  1. beetle

Declension

*wivil (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wivil *wivlos
accusative *wivil *wivlos
genitive *wivles *wivlō
dative *wivle *wivlum
instrumental — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: wevel, wêvel
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