wickeln.
to wrap, wind around, coil
Meaning & usage
to wrap, wind around, coil
Er wickelt eine Binde um das verletzte Bein.
Ehe ich friere, wickle ich mich in den Vorhang da!
to swaddle (a baby)
to swaddle (a baby) to change its nappy
Vater und Mutter wickeln ihr Säugling abwechselnd.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German wickeln (“to wind, wrap around”), denominative of wickel, from Old High German wickilī (“fibres wound around the distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”). Related to modern Wickel (“anything wrapped, especially a cloth around a poultice”). The Old High German noun is a diminutive of wiohha (“bundle of fibres, wick”), whence archaic German Wieche. The above Wieche is immediately cognate with Dutch wiek. Also related with Old English wēoce, whence English wick, and further with Latin vēlum (“cloth, veil”), Sanskrit वागुरा (vāgurā, “snare, noose”).
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