Wiel

First attested as to weel. Borrowed from West Frisian It Wiel, derived in turn from Old Frisian wiel (“kolk lake, kolk pool”).

• IPA^(key): /ʋil/

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

Wiel n

1. A hamlet in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• Wiele

Borrowed from Middle Low German wiel.

• IPA^(key): [ˈviːl]

Wiel f (genitive Wiel, plural Wielen)

1. (obsolete, nautical) bundle of rope
   • 1835, Eschels, Jens Jacob, Lebensbeschreibung eines alten Seemannes, Hamburg: Hammerich & Lesser, p. 29

     Nun arbeiteten die Zimmerleute drei Tage, den Schaden so weit wie möglich auszubessern, aber wir konnten mit dem Schiffe nicht im Eise bohren, sondern mußten vorsichtig im Eise segeln, und es wurde eine große Wiel von einem schweren Ankertaue gemacht, das in Enden getappt und in Fensterweite aneinander befestigt wurde.

     Now the carpenters were working for three days in order to mend the damage as much as possible, however, we couldn't drill with the ship into the ice but we had to sail carefully within the ice and a big bundle of rope was made from heavy anchor cable that was cut at the ends and fastened in the width of a window.

From Middle High German wale, from Old High German wala, from Proto-West Germanic *walu. The expected form would be *Wuel; the umlaut is from the verb wielen.

• IPA^(key): /vie̯l/, [viə̯l]
• Rhymes: -iəl

Wiel f (plural Wielen)

1. choice, selection

   Synonym: Choix

• Wal
• wielen
• Wieler