Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spinnilu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *spinnan (“to spin”) +‎ *-ilu.

Noun

*spinnilu f

1. spindle

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spinnilu
Genitive	*spinnilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spinnilu	*spinnilō
Accusative	*spinnilā	*spinnilā
Genitive	*spinnilā	*spinnilō
Dative	*spinnilē	*spinnilōm, *spinnilum
Instrumental	*spinnilu	*spinnilōm, *spinnilum

Descendants

• Old English: spinel, spinl, spinil, spindel, spindle
  • Middle English: spyndel, spyndylle, spyndell, spindelle, spyndle, spindil, spyndill, spyndul, spindel, spinle, spindle
    • English: spindle, spinnel
    • Scots: spinnell, spindill
• Old Frisian: spindel
  • North Frisian: spandel
  • Saterland Frisian: Spilne
  • West Frisian: spille, spil (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: spinnila
  • Middle Low German: spinnel, spindel, spille
    • German Low German: Spill
    • → German: Spill
    • → Danish: spindel
    • → Swedish: spindel
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: spindel
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: spindel
• Old Dutch: *spinla, spilla
  • Middle Dutch: spindel, spendel, spille
    • Dutch: spindel; spil
• Old High German: spinnila, spinnela, spinnala, spilla
  • Middle High German: spinnel, spinele, spille
    • German: Spindel; Spille (dialectal except in spillerig, Spillbaum)
    • Luxembourgish: Spëndel