English
tirl
Tirl comes from English trill ‘spin, twiddle’.
- English1500–presenttrill‘spin, twiddle’
- Englishtodaytirl
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- English1500–presenttrill‘spin, twiddle’
- Englishtodaytirl
The story
From archaic trill (‘spin, twiddle’), probably related to Old English þweran (‘to twirl, stir’).
Every English word from English trill
Today it means
verb To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English trill / tirl