hweol

Old English

Alternative forms

• hweohl, hweogul, hweogol, hweowul, hweowol, weogl, wiogl, hweohhol

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō, plural of *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, derived from the root *kʷel- (“going around”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwēl, Old Saxon hwiol, and Old Norse hvél. Extra-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xwe͜oːl/, [ʍe͜oːl]

Noun

hwēol n

1. wheel
   • Homilies of Ælfric

     Sum ċild plegode ġȳmelēaslīċe, and bearn under ānum yrnendum hwēole, and wearð tō dēaðe tōcwȳsed.

     A child was playing carelessly and was crushed to death under a running wheel.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hwēol	hwēol
accusative	hwēol	hwēol
genitive	hwēoles	hwēola
dative	hwēole	hwēolum

Descendants

• Middle English: whel, ȝweol, hwel, qweel, qwel, qwele, qwell, qweyll, wele, wheel, wheele, whele, whelle, wheol, wheyle, wheylle
  • English: wheel
    • → Maori: wīra
  • Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile
    • Scots: wheel
  • Yola: wheel