crinkle

From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.