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 Proto-Germanic *jekô (“lump of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). 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)

  1. (dialectal) An icicle.

Etymology 2

Adjective

ickle (comparative ickler, superlative icklest)

  1. (childish) little

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