Re: Vacillate

> cf. Germ. wackeln "totter", Eng. waggle.
>
> The standard approach is to see the Lat. word as inherited, but
> given the late attestation, could it be a Germanic loan (with 2LV
> to boot)? Gladiator talk become fashionable? Or something picked up
> from the slaves?

I just noted Fr. bancal "bandy-legged, wobbly". 'Venetic' *w- > b-.
Interesting. Cf. Germ. wankeln = wackeln.

Torsten

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A derivative of banc "bench"
because they are seldom stable.

A.