kittla

Swedish

verb-reg

Definitions

to tickle

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish kitla inherited from Old Norse kitla (tickle) 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

kittle English
kittlish English
*geid- Proto-Indo-European
*geyd- Proto-Indo-European
*kitilōną Proto-Germanic
*kitōną Proto-Germanic
kitelen Middle English
kitla Old Norse
kitla Icelandic
*kitilōn gmw-pro
kitilōn Old Saxon
kitla Old Swedish
*kitilōn Frankish
*kitilōn, to tickle Frankish