The story
- Middle English · inherited fromchiterling
- English todaychitterling
From Middle English chiterling, of uncertain origin. Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kuttel (“tripe”), West Flemish kiet, kijte (“milt, fish roe”), Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.