wervelen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch wervelen. By surface analysis, werven +‎ -elen; this frequentative verb was formed from werven when that verb still had the meaning "to turn" (compare Old Dutch *wervan). This meaning is also seen in the related noun wervel (“vertebra”), which originally meant "something that turns or twists", referring perhaps to the shape of the spinal column. === Pronunciation === === Verb === wervelen to whirl, to twist, to swirl ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== wervelwind wervelstorm