wiel
See also: Wiel
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch wiel.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
wiel (plural wiele)
- wheel
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wiel, from Old Dutch *wiol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋil/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wiel
- Rhymes: -il
- Homophone: Wiel
Noun
wiel n (plural wielen, diminutive wieltje n or wieletje n)
- wheel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wiel
- Negerhollands: wiel, wil
- → Caribbean Javanese: wil
- → Papiamentu: wil
- → Sranan Tongo: wiri
Luxembourgish
Verb
wiel
- second-person singular imperative of wielen
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *wiol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos.
Noun
wiel n
- wheel
- Synonym: rat
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- weel
Descendants
- Dutch: wiel
- Afrikaans: wiel
- Negerhollands: wiel, wil
- → Caribbean Javanese: wil
- → Papiamentu: wil
- → Sranan Tongo: wiri
- Limburgish: weel
- → Old Frisian: wēl
- West Frisian: wiele
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
wiel m
- maelstrom, vortex, bottomless spiral
- hole caused by a break in a dyke
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: wiel
Further reading
- “wiel (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “wiel (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wiel (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wiel (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III