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Where does “mudwrestler” come from?

mudwrestler (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.

mudwrestler (English): Someone that practices mud wrestling

Definitions

  1. Someone that practices mud wrestling

Ancestry of “mudwrestler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwrestlerA person who wrestles
2Middle Englishwrastlere—
3EnglishwrestleA wrestling bout; A struggle; To contend, with an...
4Middle Englishwrestlen—
5Old Englishwræstlian—
6Old Englishwrǣstanto twist forcibly, wrench
7Proto-Germanicwraistijanąto wrest, to twist, to turn
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwreyt-to twist
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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