Etymograph

English

thivel

Thivel comes from Old English þȳfel ‘a leafy plant’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *þūbil.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þūbil1reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150þȳfel1‘a leafy plant’
  3. Englishtodaythivel1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English thivel

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þūbilWiktionary, English thivelreconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150þȳfelWiktionary, English thivel‘a leafy plant’
  3. EnglishtodaythivelWiktionary, English thivel

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *þūbil

Today it means

noun a wooden stick for stirring porridge.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “thivel”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *þūbil / thivel

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