The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*þwirilaz“stirring-stick, whisk”
- English todaytwirl
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen), Dutch dwarrelen and Icelandic þyrill; all from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, whisk”), *þweraną (“to stir”). Or, an alteration of tirl (“to twist”), with influence from whirl.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.