wankel

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wankal, from Proto-Germanic *wankulaz.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

wankel (comparative wankeler, superlative wankelst)

  1. unsteady, unstable, tottering
  2. shaky, insecure

Inflection
Inflection of wankel
uninflected wankel
inflected wankele
comparative wankeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial wankelwankelerhet wankelst
het wankelste
indefinite m./f. sing. wankelewankelerewankelste
n. sing. wankelwankelerwankelste
plural wankelewankelerewankelste
definite wankelewankelerewankelste
partitive wankelswankelers—

Verb

wankel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of wankelen
  2. imperative of wankelen

Anagrams

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

  1. 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
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