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

Declension 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

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of wankelen
2. (deprecated template usage) 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