eckle

eckle · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁eyH-“icefloe, icicle”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*jekulaz“piece of ice”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*jikil
4. Old English · inherited fromġicel“ice, icicle”
5. Middle English · inherited fromikil
6. English todayeckle

From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-West Germanic *jikil, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.

eckle · verb²

Alteration of ettle.

Words from the same roots