wencelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *wankil (“one who totters, staggerer", hence "toddler”), related to Proto-West Germanic *wankijan (“to sway, waver”). Cognate with Middle High German wenkel (“small movement”), Old Dutch wankilhēt (“unsteadiness, despondency”). Related also to 古期英語 wancol (“unstable, wavering, fickle”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈwen.t͡ʃel/

名詞

wenċel n

1. child
2. servant or slave

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生した語

• Middle English: wenchel, wenche
  • English: wench
  • Scots: wench