Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wimpil

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“rotate, move”).

Noun

*wimpil m

head scarf

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wimpil
Genitive	*wimpilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wimpil	wimpilō, wimpilōs
Accusative	*wimpil	*wimpilā
Genitive	*wimpilas	*wimpilō
Dative	*wimpilē	*wimpilum
Instrumental	*wimpilu	*wimpilum

Descendants

Old English: wimpel, winpel
- Middle English: wympel, wimpel, wympil, wimpul
  - English: wimple
  - Scots: wympill, wempill, wompyll, wimple
Old Frisian: wimpel
- Saterland Frisian: Wimpel
- West Frisian: wimpel
Old Saxon: wimpal
- Middle Low German: wimpel, wumpel
  - German Low German: Wimpel
Old Dutch: *wimpil
- Middle Dutch: wimpel, wumpel
  - Dutch: wimpel
    - Afrikaans: wimpel
Old High German: wimpfal, wimpal
- Middle High German: wimpel
  - German: Wimpel
    - → Russian: вы́мпел (výmpel)
→ Old French: guimple, gimple (see there for further descendants)