wankel
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wankal, from Proto-Germanic *wankulaz.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
wankel (comparative wankeler, superlative wankelst)
- unsteady, unstable, tottering
- shaky, insecure
Inflection
| Inflection of wankel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | wankel | |||
| inflected | wankele | |||
| comparative | wankeler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | wankel | wankeler | het wankelst het wankelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | wankele | wankelere | wankelste |
| n. sing. | wankel | wankeler | wankelste | |
| plural | wankele | wankelere | wankelste | |
| definite | wankele | wankelere | wankelste | |
| partitive | wankels | wankelers | — | |
Verb
wankel
- first-person singular present indicative of wankelen
- imperative of wankelen
Anagrams
- kwalen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wankill
Etymology
From Old English wancol (“unstable, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating; unsteady, tottering, vacillating, weak”), from Proto-Germanic *wankulaz (“unsteady, wavering”), from Proto-Indo-European *wank-, *wak-, *wek-, *weg- (“to be unsteady; crooked”).
Adjective
wankel
- unstable, mutable, tottering, unconstant
- Ðe mereman ... wuneð in wankel stede ðer ðe water sinkeð. — Bestiary, 1300
References
- Middle English Dictionary
- Mayhew and Skeat, A Concise Dictionary of Middle English