trendle

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*trundil“ring, hoop”
2. Old English · inherited fromtryndel“circle, ring”
3. Old English · inherited fromtrendel“circle, ring”
4. Middle English · inherited fromtrendel“wheel, roller”
5. English todaytrendle

From Middle English trendel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English trendel (“circle, ring”), a variant of Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), equivalent to trend + -le. Akin to Low German tründeln (“to roll”). More at trend, trindle.

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