muddle

(Anglès)

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈmʌdl̩/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

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