Where does “ホイッスル” come from?

ホイッスル (Japanese) comes from English whistle, from Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic hwistlōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweys- — to hiss, whistle, whisper.

ホイッスル (Japanese): whistle device

Definitions

  1. whistle device

Ancestry of “ホイッスル”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhistleA device designed to be placed in the mouth and...
2Middle Englishwhistlen—
3Old Englishhwistlan—
4Proto-West Germanic*hwistlōn—
5Proto-Germanichwistlōnąto whistle, hiss
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweys-to hiss, whistle, whisper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwistlōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn →