====== 'Wonky' etymology ====== >Wonky (adj.)\\ shaky, groggy, unstable," 1919, of unknown origin. German prefix //wankel//- has a similar sense. Perhaps from surviving dialectal words based on Old English //wancol// "shaky, tottering" >\\ Source : [[https://www.etymonline.com/word/wonky|Etymology online]] ''//Note:// The [[https://www.etymonline.com/|Online Etymology Dictionary]] maintains a free-access list of the origins of thousands of English words, a significant proportion of which are unknown''