windle

windle · noun¹

Perhaps from wind.

windle · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*windilaz“wrap; diaper; plaitwork; basket”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*windil
3. Old English · inherited fromwindel“basket”
4. Middle English · inherited fromwindle
5. English todaywindle

From Middle English windle, windel, from Old English windel (“basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *windil, from Proto-Germanic *windilaz (“wrap; diaper; plaitwork; basket”), equivalent to wind + -le. Related to Old English windan (“to wind, twist”).

windle · noun³

1. Old English · derived fromwindelstrēaw“windlestraw, coarse grass or reed”
2. Middle English · inherited fromwindel
3. English todaywindle

From Middle English windel, shortened from Old English windelstrēaw (“windlestraw, coarse grass or reed”).

windle · noun, verb⁴

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromwindelen“to turn around, spin”
2. Old Norse · derived fromvindla“to wind up”
3. Middle English · inherited fromwindel
4. English todaywindle

From Middle English windel, from Old Norse vindla (“to wind up”) or Middle Dutch windelen (“to turn around, spin”). Related to Old English windelstān (“tower with a winding staircase”), bewindla (“a hedge or border”), hringġewindla (“a sphere”).