Where does “gangler” come from?

gangler (Middle French) comes from Old French jangler, from Frankish jangelon — to jeer.

gangler (Middle French): to tell entertaining stories

Definitions

  1. to tell entertaining stories

Ancestry of “gangler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjanglerto entertain; to tell stories and fables
2Frankishjangelonto jeer
Every word from Frankish jangelon →Every word from Old French jangler →