guenchir
Old French
verb
Definitions
- to change direction
- to avoid
- to evade; to elude
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *wenkijan, *wankijan (falter, sway) derived from Proto-Germanic *wankijaną (sway, waver).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wankijaną
Gloss
sway, waver
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wince English
- wincer English
- wincest English
- winceworthy English
- *wankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wankilą Proto-Germanic
- wincen Middle English
- gauchier Old French
- gauchir Old French
- guenchir Middle French
- *wenken Old Dutch
- wenkian Old Saxon
- *walkijan Frankish
- *wenkijan, *wankijan Frankish