English
gurgle
Gurgle comes from Middle English gurguling ‘a rumbling in the belly’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gurguling‘a rumbling in the belly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1727gurgle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gurguling‘a rumbling in the belly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1727gurgle
Earliest quotation: 1727, Edward Young, Satire V. On Women.: “Pure gurgling rills the lonely deſart trace, / And…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- ‘to swallow’
gorge, quirk, devour, voracious, herbivorous, ouroboros, 25 more
Today it means
verb To flow with a bubbling sound.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gurguling / gurgle