crimp
v.
1630s; Old English had gecrympan "to crimp, curl," but the modern word probably is from Middle Dutch or Low German crimpen/krimpen "to shrink, crimp." Related: Crimped; crimping.
n.
1863, from crimp, v.. Originally "natural curl in wool fiber." To put a crimp in (something) is 1896, U.S. slang.