wrixle

Etymology

This word came into English via Middle English wrixlen, which developed from Old English wrixlan or wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”), from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną (“to change”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). It is cognate with Scots wissel (“to exchange, barter”), Dutch wisselen (“to exchange, barter, swap”), German wechseln (“to change, switch”), Icelandic víxl (“cross, interchange”) and Latin vicis (“change, alteration, diversity, reciprocity”).