Where does “wriggle” come from?
Wriggle derives from Middle English -el, Old English -el, Old English -ol, Proto-Indo-European -elo-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -lós, tracing a suffix pattern across Germanic and Indo-European languages.
wriggle (English): To twist one's body to and fro with short,...
Definitions
- To twist one's body to and fro with short,...
Ancestry of “wriggle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | wrig | To wriggle |
| 2 | Middle English | wriggen | — |
Words derived from “wriggle”