The story
- Middle English · derived fromgurguling“a rumbling in the belly”
- English todaygurgle
Back formation from Middle English gurguling (“a rumbling in the belly”). Akin to Middle Dutch gorgelen (“to gurgle”), Middle Low German gorgelen (“to gurgle”), German gurgeln (“to gargle”), and perhaps to Latin gurguliō (“throat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.