wankel

Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

wankel (comparative wankeler, superlative wankelst)

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

Declension

Declension of wankel

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		wankel	wankeler
neuter singular	indefinite	wankel	wankeler
	definite	wankele	wankelere	wankelste	wankelst, wankelste
common singular		wankele	wankelere	wankelste	wankelste
plural		wankele	wankelere	wankelste	wankelste
partitive		wankels	wankelers

Verb

wankel

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

Anagrams

• kwalen

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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