Where does “droedel” come from?

droedel (Dutch) comes from English droodle, from English doodle, from German dudel — a bagpipe.

droedel (Dutch): droodle

Definitions

  1. droodle

Ancestry of “droedel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdroodleA simple cartoon or doodle, whose contents are given a humorous description; another person is challenged to identify the picture in the manner of a riddle
2EnglishdoodleA fool, a simpleton, a mindless person; A small...
3Germandudela bagpipe
Every word from German dudel →