וויקלען

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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). Compare German wickeln.

Verb[edit]

וויקלען (viklen) (past participle געוויקלט (geviklt))

  1. to wrap
    Synonyms: גאַרטלען (gartlen), הילן (hiln), רינגלען (ringlen), ראָלן (roln)
    בײַ אינדיאַנער, וויקלט מען די קינדער אין אַ פּאַפּוס.
    bay indyaner, viklt men di kinder in a papus.
    Among Native Americans, children are wrapped in a papoose.
  2. (reflexive) to wind, spin

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