English
feddle
Feddle comes from Middle English ffedle.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ffedle
- Englishearliest quotation 1581feddle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ffedle
- Englishearliest quotation 1581feddle
Earliest quotation: 1581, Barnaby Riche: “And my good companions and fellowe souldiours, if you…”
The story
Eye dialect spelling descended from Middle English ffedle, fedele, fethil, fethele, variants of Middle English fithele, from Old English fiþele (‘fiddle, viol, violin’).
Every English word from Middle English ffedle
Today it means
noun Fiddle (musical instrument).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English ffedle / feddle