Where does “wifel” come from?

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

wifel (Old English): Beetle

Definitions

  1. Beetle

Ancestry of “wifel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wifel”

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