Where does “hwistle” come from?

hwistle (Old English) comes from Old English hwistlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic hwistlōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweys- — to hiss, whistle, whisper.

hwistle (Old English): hollow reed

Definitions

  1. hollow reed

Ancestry of “hwistle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhwistlianto whistle; to hiss; to lisp
2Proto-West Germanic*hwistlōn—
3Proto-Germanichwistlōnąto whistle, hiss
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweys-to hiss, whistle, whisper

Words derived from “hwistle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwistlōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn →