The story
- Middle English · inherited fromdyndelen“to tinkle; tingle; tremble”
- English todaydindle
From Middle English dyndelen (“to tinkle; tingle; tremble”), perhaps equivalent to din + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots dinnle (“to shake; tremble; to cause to shake or tremble”), Old Scots dyndill (“to cause to resound or vibrate”). Compare dandle, din.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.