hwitel

== Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwītil, from Proto-Germanic *hwītilaz (“linen, sheet”). Cognate with Old Norse hvítill (“white bed cover”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxwiː.tel/, [ˈʍiː.tel] === Noun === hwītel m blanket cloak ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== underhwītel ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: whytel, whitle, wytele, wittulleEnglish: whittleYola: whithel → Old Northern French: blancet, blanket (calque) Middle French: blanchet French: blanchet → Middle English: blanket English: blanket Scots: blanket → Old Norse: blakt