English
guddle
Guddle comes from Scots guddle ‘to catch fish with the hands’.
- Scotsc. 1450–presentguddle‘to catch fish with the hands’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presentguddle‘to catch fish with the hands’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
From Scots guddle, imitative of the splashing of water, and modelled after words like muddle and puddle, perhaps influenced by Scots gutter (‘to spatter with mud’).
Every English word from Scots guddle
Today it means
verb To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scots guddle / guddle