Where does “*wibil” come from?

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

*wibil (Proto-West Germanic): beetle, weevil

Definitions

  1. beetle, weevil

Ancestry of “*wibil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*wibil”

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