wrist English · revision 13409

− It is [[inh|ang|wrist]] (probably before 940),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|gem-pro|*wristiz]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) cognate with Old Frisian wrist, Middle Dutch wrist, Middle High German rist “wrist, ankle” (modern German Rist “instep”) and Old Norse rist “instep”.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is related to Old English wrǣstan, to turn, twist (see [[wrest]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) and probably to the base of [[writhe]],^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from a root meaning “to turn”, so that the notion is “the turning joint”.^(Etymonline)