inkle

inkle · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁eng-“illness”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*inkô“ache, regret”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*inkō
4. Old English · derived frominca“doubt, suspicion”
5. Middle English · inherited frominklen
6. English todayinkle

From Middle English inklen, inclen (“to give an inkling of, hint at, mention, utter in an undertone”), derived from inke (“apprehension, misgiving”), from Old English inca (“doubt, suspicion”), from Proto-West Germanic *inkō, from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eng- (“illness”). Cognate with Old Frisian jinc (“angered”), Old Norse ekki (“pain, grief”), Norwegian ekkje (“lack, pity”).

inkle · noun²

Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel.

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