wrixle

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*weyk-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wihslijaną
3. Old English · inherited fromwrixlan
4. Middle English · inherited fromwrixlen
5. English todaywrixle

From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”), Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”).

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