Etymology

dangle

dan·gle
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Today it means: To hang loosely with the ability to swing. Full definition →

North Frisian dangeln ← Old Norse dengja
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromdengja“to hit”
  2. North Frisian · derived fromdangeln
  3. English todaydangle

Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla (“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln; all possibly related to Old Norse dengja (“to hit”).

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