Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hwīlō”

76 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwīlō — including while, whilst, awhile, worthwhile, erstwhile, whiles, wile, whilom.

See the etymology of hwīlō itself →

English (21)

German (8)

Old English (8)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Polish (4)

Gothic (4)

Swedish (3)

Danish (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Finnish (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old Danish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Faroese (1)

Icelandic (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Middle English (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)