The story
- Old Breton · derived fromkidel“a net at the mouth of a stream”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromquidel
- Middle English · inherited fromkidel
- English todaykiddle
From Middle English kidel, kedel, kydel, from Anglo-Norman quidel, quideau (“a wicker framework used to trap fish”), from Old Breton kidel (“a net at the mouth of a stream”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.