eckle
English
noun
Definitions
- (dialectal) An icicle.
- (dialectal) The crest of a cock.
- (dialectal) A woodpecker.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ikil inherited from Old English ġicel (ice, icicle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (frost, icicle, ice, icefloe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eyH-
Gloss
frost, icicle, ice, icefloe
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
霜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -icle English
- ickle English
- īslandicus Latin
- islandese Italian
- *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yeg- Proto-Indo-European
- *jekô Proto-Germanic
- *jikilaz Proto-Germanic
- *landą Proto-Germanic
- *īsą Proto-Germanic
- gicel Old English
- ġicel Old English
- ġiċel Old English
- ikil Middle English
- isykle Middle English
- Ísland Old Norse
- *jьnьjь Proto-Slavic
- եղեամն Old Armenian
- *aixa- Proto-Iranian