Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To cause to move in a curve. · To make into a curl or spiral. · To assume the shape of a curl or spiral. · To move in curves.
From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), of uncertain origin but probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), connected to *krūsą (“curl”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Krulle (“curl, lock”), West Frisian krul (“curl”), Dutch krul (“curl”), German Low German Krull (“curl”), dialectal German Krolle (“curl”), Danish krølle (“curl”), Norwegian Bokmål krøll (“curl”). Related also to Saterland Frisian Kruus (“curl”), German kraus (“frizzy, crumpled, curly”), Danish krus (“curl”), Swedish krusa (“to crimp, curl”). Compare also Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to grind, crush, gnash”).
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- Derivation mentioncrulleenm · curled, curly
- Derivation mentioncruldum
- Derivation mention*kruzlǭgem-pro · bent or crooked object, curl
- Cognate mentionKrullestq · curl, lock
- Cognate mentionkrulfy · curl
- Cognate mentionkrulnl · curl
- Cognate mentionKrollede · curl
- Cognate mentionkrølleda · curl
- Cognate mentionkrøllnb · curl
- Cognate mentionKruusstq · curl
- Cognate mentionkrausde · frizzy, crumpled, curly
- Cognate mentionkrusda · curl
- Cognate mentionkrusasv · to crimp, curl
- Cognate mention𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽got · to grind, crush, gnash
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