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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
WABBLE, WOBBLE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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WABBLE, WOBBLE,
to reel, move unsteadily.
(E.) 'Wabble, to vacillate, reel, waver;' Brockett. A
weakened form of wapple, equivalent to prov. E. wapper, 'to move
tremulously, Somerset;' Halliwell. Both wabble and wapper
are frequentatives of wap in the sense 'to flutter, beat the wings' (Halliwell),
whence also wappeng, quaking, used by Batman, 1582 (id.) There are
several verbs which take the form wap, but the one now under
consideration is properly whap, a by-form of M. E. quappen, to
palpitate; see Quaver. Cf. quabbe,
a bog, quagmire (Halliwell). So also Low G. wabbeln or quabbeln,
to wabble. See Whap.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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