swirl [LME] Swirl was originally Scots in the sense ‘whirlpool’. The word may be Low German or Dutch in origin, related to Dutch zwirrelen ‘to whirl’.
英语词源词典收录了6069条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。