Etymology

brustle

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Today it means: To crackle; to rustle. Full definition →

Middle English brustlen ← Old English brastlian ← Proto-West Germanic *brastulōn
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*brastōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*brastulōn
  3. Old English · inherited frombrastlian
  4. Middle English · inherited frombrustlen
  5. English todaybrustle

From Middle English brustlen, variant of brastlen, from Old English brastlian, from Proto-West Germanic *brastulōn, from Proto-Germanic *brastōną. Related to German prasseln (“to crackle”). See burst.

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