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”).
wickeln (weak, third-person singular present wickelt, past tense wickelte, past participle gewickelt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | wickeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wickelnd | ||||
| past participle | gewickelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich wickle ich wickele ich wickel |
wir wickeln | i | ich wickele ich wickle |
wir wickeln |
| du wickelst | ihr wickelt | du wickelest du wicklest |
ihr wickelet ihr wicklet | ||
| er wickelt | sie wickeln | er wickele er wickle |
sie wickeln | ||
| preterite | ich wickelte | wir wickelten | ii | ich wickelte1 | wir wickelten1 |
| du wickeltest | ihr wickeltet | du wickeltest1 | ihr wickeltet1 | ||
| er wickelte | sie wickelten | er wickelte1 | sie wickelten1 | ||
| imperative | wickle (du) wickel (du) wickele (du) |
wickelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.