Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hwerbaną”

95 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwerbaną — including whirling, whirl, whorl, whorled, awhirl, whirly, whirlin, whirlybird.

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English (19)

German (14)

Icelandic (9)

Dutch (6)

Old English (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Old Saxon (5)

Old Norse (4)

Danish (3)

Polish (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Esperanto (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old High German (2)

Faroese (1)

Hungarian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Middle High German (1)