From Middle English girdel, gerdel, gurdel, from Old English gyrdel, from Proto-West Germanic *gurdil, from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz, equivalent to gird + -le.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäddel, West Frisian gurdle, gurle, gurl, Dutch gordel, German Gürtel, Yiddish גאַרטל (whence English gartel), Swedish gördel, Icelandic gyrðill.
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