Where does “whistlen” come from?
whistlen (Middle English) comes from Old English hwistlan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic hwistlōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweys- — to hiss, whistle, whisper.
Ancestry of “whistlen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | hwistlan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *hwistlōn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hwistlōną | to whistle, hiss |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱweys- | to hiss, whistle, whisper |
Words derived from “whistlen”