ickle
English
noun
Definitions
- (dialectal) An icicle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ikil inherited from Old English ġiċel (icicle, ice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yeg- (ice, icicle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁yeg-
Gloss
ice, icicle
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
氷
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eckle English
- ice English
- icicle English
- icicled English
- icicular English
- jokul English
- *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yeg- Proto-Indo-European
- *jekulaz Proto-Germanic
- *jekô Proto-Germanic
- *jikilaz Proto-Germanic
- jökel Swedish
- gicel Old English
- ġicel Old English
- ġiċel Old English
- ikil Middle English
- isykle Middle English
- jǫkull Old Norse
- Eyjafjallajökull Icelandic
- jöklaklukka Icelandic
- jöklasóley Icelandic
- jökulhlaup Icelandic
- jökull Icelandic
- *yegis Proto-Celtic
- Iesjökel German Low German
- Jökel German Low German
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