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

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