Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. · A circular current; a whirlpool.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éti Proto-Germanic *idi- Proto-West Germanic *id- Old English ed- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *ahwō Proto-West Germanic *ahu Old English ēa Old English edēa Middle English eddy English eddy From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).
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