ickle
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪkəl
Etymology 1
From Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġiċel (“icicle, ice”), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), diminutive of *jekô (“lump of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yeg-. Cognate with Low German Jäkel (“icicle”), Danish egel (“icicle”), Norwegian jøkel (“glacier, icesheet”), Icelandic jökull (“glacier”), Swedish jökel (“glacier”) and probably Albanian akull (“ice”) (Gheg okull).
Alternative forms
Noun
ickle (plural ickles)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Childish pronunciation of little.
Adjective
ickle (comparative ickler, superlative icklest)
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