friemeln

Etymology
20th century, from and  dialects. Cognate to 🇨🇬. Probably the same as Dutch and 🇨🇬,, with a development from wr- to fr-, which is widespread among dialects of all the relevant languages. Philippa (Etymologisch Woordenboek, 2003-09) casts doubt on this because also means “to swarm” (of a collective). This collective sense need not be the oldest, however. In fact, the first attestation has the sense “to move back and forth with exertion” (of a man during sexual intercourse), and the sense “to fiddle, fidget” is attested for the wr-form as well. Philippa prefers to derive from  and this in turn from. However, shows variants with wr- as well and is also regionally more restricted.

Verb

 * 1) to fiddle; to move something in one's hands, especially by rubbing it between thumb and forefinger
 * 2)  to do delicate manual tasks, such as inserting a thread through the eye of a needle or undoing a tangle, implying either laboriousness of the task or clumsiness of them who do it
 * 1)  to do delicate manual tasks, such as inserting a thread through the eye of a needle or undoing a tangle, implying either laboriousness of the task or clumsiness of them who do it
 * 1)  to do delicate manual tasks, such as inserting a thread through the eye of a needle or undoing a tangle, implying either laboriousness of the task or clumsiness of them who do it