Where does “Wirbel” come from?

Wirbel (German) comes from Middle High German wirbel, from Old High German wirbil, from Proto-Germanic hwirbilaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Wirbel (German): whirl; whorl; vortex

Definitions

  1. whirl; whorl; vortex

Ancestry of “Wirbel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwirbel—
2Old High Germanwirbil—
3Proto-Germanichwirbilazcircle, ring, whirl
4Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “Wirbel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwirbilaz →