wrick

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wreyḱ-“to turn, wrap, tie”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wrigōną“to wriggle”
3. Middle Low German · derived fromwricken“to move jerkily; sprain”
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromwricken
5. Middle English · inherited fromwricken
6. English todaywrick

From Middle English wricken, probably from Middle Dutch wricken (Modern Dutch wrikken (“to wriggle”)) or Middle Low German wricken (“to move jerkily; sprain”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). See also Low German wriggen, German Low German wricken (“to row; scull; move back and forth”)). Compare also Danish vrikke (“to move; turn; wriggle”), Swedish vricka (“to sprain; twist; scull”).

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