crinkle

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*ger-“to turn, wind”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kringaną“to turn, to fall, to yield”
3. Old English · inherited fromcrincan“to yield”
4. Old English · inherited from*crinclian
5. Middle English · inherited fromcrenclen“to bend, buckle”
6. English todaycrinkle

From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.

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