Where does “hwistlian” come from?

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

hwistlian (Old English): to whistle; to hiss; to lisp

Definitions

  1. to whistle; to hiss; to lisp

Ancestry of “hwistlian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hwistlōn—
2Proto-Germanichwistlōnąto whistle, hiss
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweys-to hiss, whistle, whisper

Words derived from “hwistlian”

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