ickle
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġiċel (“icicle, ice”), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *jekô (“lump of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *eiǵ- (“icefloe, icicle”). Cognate with Low German Jäkel (“icicle”), Danish egel (“icicle”), Norwegian jøkel (“glacier, icesheet”), Icelandic jökull (“glacier”) and probably Albanian akull (“ice”) (Gheg okull).
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
ickle (plural ickles)
- (dialectal) An icicle.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Adjective [edit]
ickle (comparative ickler, superlative icklest)
