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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wimpel, from Old Dutch *wimpil, from Proto-West Germanic *wimpil, from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
wimpel m (plural wimpels, diminutive wimpeltje n)
- pennon, pennant, streamer
Derived terms
Middle English
Noun
wimpel
- Alternative form of wympel
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
wimpel m
- a veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood
- Wimple goldgewefenum ― A gold woven wimple. (Hpt. Gl. 506, 63.)
Descendants