From Middle English wrixlen, from Old English wrixlan, wixlan, from Proto-Germanic *wihslijaną, *wihslōną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ-. Cognate with Scots wissel, Dutch wisselen, German wechseln, Icelandic víxl, Latin vicis.
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