Wriggle

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late 15th century: from Middle Low German wriggelen, frequentative of wriggen ‘twist, turn’.

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From wrig +‎ -le(frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen(“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln(“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian(“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną(“to wriggle”).

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wriggle (v.)

late 15c., from Middle Low German wrigglen "to wriggle," from Proto-Germanic *wrig-, from *wreik- "to turn," from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Related to Old English wrigian "to turn, incline, go forward."