English
squirl
Blend of squiggle + twirl.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)twérH-e-ti
Proto-Germanic *þweraną ‘to swirl, turn, stir’
Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz ‘stirring-stick, whisk’
English twirl
Today it means
noun A flourish in handwriting.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “squirl”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / squirl