Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out. · To squeeze water (from an item of wet clothing) by passing through a wringer. · Often followed by from or out: to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it. · To hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist; to wrest.
From Middle English wring, wringe, wringen, wryng, wrynge, wryngen, wryngyn, from Old English wringan (“to wring”), from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, twist, wring”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wrenǵʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wring (“to wring”), Saterland Frisian wringe (“to wring”), Dutch wringen (“to wring; to wrest; to writhe”), German ringen (“to wrestle; to struggle; to wring”), wringen (“to wring”), Luxembourgish réngen (“to grapple, wrestle”); also Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, nimbly, rapidly”), Lithuanian rangýti (“to roll up; to curl, twist, wave”).
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- Root classification mention*wrenǵʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwringenm
- Derivation mentionwringanang · to wring
- Derivation mention*wringanągem-pro · to squeeze, twist, wring
- Derivation mention*wrenǵʰ-ine-pro · to squeeze, wring
- Cognate mentionwringsco · to wring
- Cognate mentionwringestq · to wring
- Cognate mentionwringennl · to wring; to wrest; to writhe
- Cognate mentionringende · to wrestle; to struggle; to wring
- Cognate mentionréngenlb · to grapple, wrestle
- Cognate mentionῥίμφαgrc · fast, nimbly, rapidly
- Cognate mentionrangýtilt · to roll up; to curl, twist, wave
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