The story
- Middle Low German · derived fromtakel“ship's rigging”
- Middle English · inherited fromtakel“gear, apparatus”
- English todaytackle
From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.