Proto-Germanic: *xwīlō(n); *xwīlēn-, -ōn- vb.
Meaning: while; rest
Gothic: hʷīla f. (ō) `while, time'; *hʷīlan wk. `cease'
Old Norse: hvīla f. `Ruhestätte, Bett'; hvīla vb. `ruhen, ruhen lassen'
Norwegian: kvila sbs., vb.
Swedish: vila sbs., vb.
Danish: hvile sbs., vb.
Old English: hwīl `Weile, Zeit'
English: while
Old Frisian: hwīle; hwīla vb.
Old Saxon: hwīla, hwīl
Middle Dutch: wīle `tijd, uur, tijdsuur'
Dutch: wijl, wijlw f.; verwijlen
Middle Low German: wīle
Old High German: (h)wīla (8.Jh.), (h)wīl `Zeit(raum), Zeitpunkt, Stunde'; hwīlōn vb.
Middle High German: wīl(e) st./wk. f. 'weile, zeit, zeitpunkt, raum, stunde'
German: Weile
