Where does “wyle” come from?

wyle (Middle English) comes from Old English wīl, from Proto-Germanic wīlą, from Proto-Indo-European wéy-, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “wyle”, step by step

wyle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English wīl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwīlwile, trick
2Proto-Germanicwīlącraft, deceit
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéy-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Old Northern French wile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchwileguile

Words derived from “wyle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīlą →
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