kittle
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To tickle, to touch lightly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kitelen inherited from Old English citelian (tickle) inherited from *kitilōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, *kitōną (tickle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (tickle, jab, stick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*geid-
Gloss
tickle, jab, stick
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kittlish English
- Kitzler German
- killern German
- kitzeln German
- kittelaar Dutch, Flemish
- kittelen Dutch, Flemish
- *geid- Proto-Indo-European
- *geyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *kitilōną Proto-Germanic
- *kitōną Proto-Germanic
- kittla Swedish
- citelian Old English
- kitelen Middle English
- kelda Old Norse
- kitla Old Norse
- Korskilde Danish
- fejlkilde Danish
- kilde Danish
- kildekode Danish
- kildesprog Danish
- retskilde Danish
- kitla Icelandic
- kizzilōn Old High German
- *kitilōn gmw-pro
- kitilōn Old Saxon
- kitla Old Swedish
- *kitilōn Frankish
- *kitilōn, to tickle Frankish
- killern Low German