ettle
English
/ˈɛtl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
- (transitive) To expect; reckon; count on.
- (intransitive) To take aim.
- (intransitive) To make attempt.
- (intransitive) To direct one's course.
- (intransitive) To aspire; be ambitious.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English etlien derived from Old Norse ætla (mean, suppose, intend, think, purpose) derived from Proto-Germanic *ahtalōną (strive, think) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ok- (think, purpose, intend) derived from Middle English aghtelen derived from Old English eahtian (speak of with praise, esteem, estimate, consider, consult about, watch over, mediate, devise, deliberate, fix the character quality of something) derived from *ahtōn (think, believe, fear) derived from Proto-Germanic *ahwjaną (think, fear, intend, believe) derived from Proto-Indo-European *okʷ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*okʷ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ettling English
- Acht German
- achten German
- beachten German
- erachten German
- missachten German
- verachten German
- acht Dutch, Flemish
- achten Dutch, Flemish
- achting Dutch, Flemish
- minachten Dutch, Flemish
- verachten Dutch, Flemish
- *ok- Proto-Indo-European
- *okʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ahjaną Proto-Germanic
- *ahtalōną Proto-Germanic
- *ahwjaną Proto-Germanic
- etle Norwegian Nynorsk
- eahtian Old English
- aghtelen Middle English
- etlien Middle English
- etlyng Middle English
- ætla Old Norse
- agtbar Danish
- agte Danish
- ætla Icelandic
- achten Middle Dutch
- ahtan Old High German
- ætla Faroese
- 𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *ahtōn gmw-pro
- achten Middle Low German
- ahton Old Saxon
- ettle Scots
- *ak- bat-pro