Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗prep
Until.
verb
To pass (time) idly. · To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass. · To elapse, to pass.
conj
During the same time that. · Although. · Until. · As long as.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn uncertain duration of time, a period of time. · An uncertain long period of time · An uncertain short moment.
From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvila (“rest”), Swedish vila (“rest”), Faroese and Icelandic hvíla (“rest”)) from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*kʷyeh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwhyleenm
- Inherited-form mentionhwīlang
- Inherited-form mention*hwīlugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hwīlōgem-pro
- Cognate mentionwijlnl
- Cognate mentionWielnds
- Cognate mentionWeilede
- Cognate mentionkvilann
- Cognate mentionvilasv
- Derivation mention*kʷyeh₁-ine-pro · to rest
- Cognate mentionsillësq
- Cognate mentiontranquillusla
- Cognate mentionचिरsa
- Cognate mentionشادfa
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