English
wrixle
Wrixle comes from Old English wrixlan ‘to change, exchange, reciprocate’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to change’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wihslijaną‘to change’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wihslijanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wrixlan‘to change, exchange, reciprocate’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wrixlen
- Englishtodaywrixle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to change’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wihslijaną‘to change’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wihslijanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150wrixlan‘to change, exchange, reciprocate’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wrixlen
- Englishtodaywrixle
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to change’
victory, victim, province, convince, weakness, victor, icon, conviction, witch, wicked, wo, convict, eviction, vicar, invincible, wight, weakly, evict, vanquish, ancona, waw, wile, 32 more
Today it means
verb To exchange.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk- / wrixle