wabbeln
Meaning
to wobble, wiggle, jiggle; said of jelly/jello, human body fat, and the like
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvabəln/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German wabelen, merged with related Middle Low German *wabbelen. To the former compare Old Norse vafla, to the latter dialectal Dutch wobbelen, English wabble, wobble. All of these are iteratives of Proto-Germanic *wabōną, related to *webaną (“to weave”), whence Middle High German waben (“to move about”), Old English wafian (modern English wave). In the High German form, the -bb- is due to blocking of open-syllable lengthening, which is fairly common before the syllables -el- and -er-. In the Low German form it must be due to expressive gemination.
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