Proto-West Germanic

*hwirbil

‘rotating thing, whirl’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, most familiar first.

• whirlpool ← *whirlpole ← hwierfel
• whirl ← hwirfel

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil