rimple

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hrimpaną“to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hrumpiljǭ
3. Old English · inherited from*hrimpele
4. Middle English · inherited fromrimpel
5. English todayrimple

From Middle English rimpel, rympyl, from Old English *hrimpele, hrympelle (“wrinkle, rimple”), from Proto-Germanic *hrumpiljǭ, related to Old English ġehrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 10th c. A wrinkle.
• from 15th c. To wrinkle or crease.