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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word DANGLE. Etymology of the word
DANGLE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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DANGLE,
to hang loosely, swing about. (Scand.) In. Shak.
Rich. II, iii. 4. 29.—Dan.
dangle, to dangle, bob. + Swed. dial. dangla, to swing, Rietz; who
also cites the North Friesic dangeln from Outzen's Dict. p.
44. Another form appears in Swed. dingla, to dangle,
Icel. dingla, Dan. dingle, to dangle, swing about.
β.
The suffix -le is, as usual, frequentative; and the verb appears to
be the frequentative of ding, to strike, throw; so that the sense
would be to strike or throw often, to bob, to swing. See
Ding. [†]
ADDENDA
Cf. also Swed. danka, to
saunter about, and the phrase slå dank, to be idle.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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