Quirl
See also: quirl
German edit
Etymology edit
From Late Middle High German quirl, quirel, alteration of earlier Middle High German twirl, twirel, from Old High German dwiril, from Proto-West Germanic *þwiril, from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz, related to *þweraną (“to stir”).[1]
Cognate to English twirl;[2] also compare English quirl, curl, Middle Low German twirl, twirel, Old High German dweran.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Quirl m (strong, genitive Quirles or Quirls, plural Quirle)
Declension edit
Declension of Quirl [masculine, strong]
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Quirl” in Duden online
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, p. 555
- ^ “Germanic cognates”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2017 March 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 January 2021