wiel

See also: Wiel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wiel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

wiel (plural wiele)

1. wheel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wiel, from Old Dutch *wiol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋil/

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• Hyphenation: wiel
• Rhymes: -il
• Homophone: Wiel

Noun

wiel n (plural wielen, diminutive wieltje n or wieletje n)

1. wheel

   Synonym: rad (see there for notes)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wiel
• Negerhollands: wiel, wil
• → Caribbean Javanese: wil
• → Papiamentu: wil
• → Sranan Tongo: wiri

Luxembourgish

Verb

wiel

1. second-person singular imperative of wielen

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *wiol, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos.

Noun

wiel n

1. wheel

   Synonym: rat

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• weel

Descendants

• Dutch: wiel
  • Afrikaans: wiel
  • Negerhollands: wiel, wil
  • → Caribbean Javanese: wil
  • → Papiamentu: wil
  • → Sranan Tongo: wiri
• Limburgish: weel
• → Old Frisian: wēl
  • West Frisian: wiele

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

wiel m

1. maelstrom, vortex, bottomless spiral
2. hole caused by a break in a dyke

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: wiel

Further reading

• “wiel (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “wiel (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wiel (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wiel (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III