Where does “mud wrestler” come from?
mud wrestler (English) comes from English wrestler, from Middle English wrastlere, from English wrestle, from Middle English wrestlen, from Old English wræstlian, from Old English wrǣstan, from Proto-Germanic wraistijaną, from Proto-Indo-European wreyt- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
mud wrestler (English): Alternative form of mudwrestler
Definitions
- Alternative form of mudwrestler
Ancestry of “mud wrestler”, step by step
mud wrestler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wrestler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wrestler | A person who wrestles |
| 2 | Middle English | wrastlere | — |
| 3 | English | wrestle | A wrestling bout; A struggle; To contend, with an... |
| 4 | Middle English | wrestlen | — |
| 5 | Old English | wræstlian | to wrestle |
| 6 | Old English | wrǣstan | to twist forcibly, wrench |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wraistijaną | to wrest, to twist, to turn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wreyt- | to twist |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English MUD
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MUD | Acronym of multi-user dungeon: an interactive... |
| 2 | Dutch | mud | An old measure of volume, varying in content over... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mudde | — |
| 4 | Latin | modius | modius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or... |
| 5 | Latin | modus | measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |