Wiggle

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Middle English: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wiggelen (frequentative).


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From Middle English wiglen, probably from Middle Dutch wigelen(“to wiggle”) and perhaps Middle Low German wigelen, frequentative of wiegen(“to rock”), from wiege(“cradle”) [1]. See wain, and Dutch wieg(“cradle”).

Cognate to Dutch wiggelen(“to wiggle”).


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wiggle (v.)

early 13c., perhaps from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle Flemish wigelen, frequentative of wiegen "to rock, wag, move back and forth," from wiege "cradle," from Proto-Germanic *wig- (source also of Old High German wiga, German Wiege "cradle," Old Frisian widze), from PIE root *wegh- "to go, move, transport in a vehicle." Related: Wiggled; wiggling. The noun is attested from 1816.