Weile
German (Berlin)
/ˈvaɪ̯lə/
noun
Definitions
- while
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wīle inherited from Old High German wīla inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (period of time, while, time).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwīlō
Gloss
period of time, while, time
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwhile English
- erewhile English
- erstwhile English
- handwhile English
- meanwhile English
- nowhile English
- otherwhile English
- somewhile English
- therewhile English
- umwhile English
- while English
- whilemeal English
- whilend English
- whilere English
- whiles English
- whilst English
- worthwhile English
- Langeweile German
- Weilchen German
- lang German
- langweilig German
- sterbenslangweilig German
- stinklangweilig German
- weil German
- langwijlig Dutch, Flemish
- wijl Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwīlō Proto-Germanic
- vapenvila Swedish
- vila Swedish
- chwila Polish
- chwilka Polish
- chwilowy Polish
- chwilówka Polish
- hwil Old English
- hwīl Old English
- hvíla Old Norse
- hvíld Old Norse
- hvíldardagr Old Norse
- hvíldarhestr Old Norse
- hvíldarlauss Old Norse
- hvile Danish
- våbenhvile Danish
- while-løkke Danish
- hvíla Icelandic
- wile Middle Dutch
- *hwīl Old High German
- wīla Old High German
- hvíla Faroese
- hwīl Middle High German
- wīle Middle High German
- well Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌷𐌿𐌽 Gothic
- *hwīlu gmw-pro
- *wīla Old Dutch
- baila Cimbrian
- baille Cimbrian
- hwila Old Saxon
- chvíľa Slovak
- хвіля Belarusian
- hwilæ Old Danish