Where does “wyfle” come from?

wyfle (Middle English) comes from Old English wifel, from Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European webʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

wyfle (Middle English): weapon

Definitions

  1. weapon

Ancestry of “wyfle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishwifelBeetle
2Proto-West Germanic*wibilbeetle, weevil
3Proto-Germanicwibilaz{{l|en|weevil}}; weevil
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰel-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “wyfle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wibilaz →