hwitel

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwītil, from Proto-Germanic *hwītilaz (“linen, sheet”). Cognate with Old Norse hvítill (“white bed cover”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxwiː.tel/, [ˈʍiː.tel]

Noun

hwītel m

Declension

Declension of hwitel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwītel	hwītlas
accusative	hwītel	hwītlas
genitive	hwītles	hwītla
dative	hwītle	hwītlum

Derived terms

underhwītel

Descendants

Middle English: whytel, whitle, wytele, wittulle
- English: whittle
- Yola: whithel
→ Old Northern French: blancet, blanket (calque)
- Middle French: blanchet
  - French: blanchet
- → Middle English: blanket
  - English: blanket
  - Scots: blanket
  - → Old Norse: blakt

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