Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu

→ English while (inherited)

→ Old English hwil (inherited)

→ Cimbrian baila (inherited)

→ Cimbrian baille (inherited)

→ German weil (inherited)

→ German Weile (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish well (inherited)

→ Dutch wijl (inherited)

→ Old Saxon hwila (inherited)