wankel

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑŋ.kəl/ Rhymes: -ɑŋkəl === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch *wankal, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul. ==== Adjective ==== wankel (comparative wankeler, superlative wankelst) unsteady, unstable, tottering shaky, insecure ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== wankel inflection of wankelen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === kwalen == Middle English == === Alternative forms === wankill, wankille (Northern) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwankəl/ === Adjective === wankel (rare) unstable, mutable, tottering, unconstant Ðe mereman ... wuneð in wankel stede ðer ðe water sinkeð. — Bestiary, 1300 ==== Descendants ==== English: wankle (dialectal) ⇒ English: wonky Middle Scots: *wankill Scots: wankle (hapax) ==== References ==== “wankel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. Mayhew, A[nthony] L.; Skeat, Walter W. (1888), “Wankel, adj.”, in A concise dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 250.