icicle

Betekenis (Engels)

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

Sinonieme

ice

🧊

crystal

cut glass

hoarfrost

ice cube

🧊

rime

aloofness

snow

❄️

Vertalings

Eiszapfen

glaçon

ghiacciolo

carámbano

ijspegel

caramell

ijskegel

pegel

stiria

παγοκρύσταλλος

candela

🕯️

pingente de gelo

stalactite

stīria

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʌɪsəkəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: isykle

Geërf van Old English: īsġicel

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Iesjuukel

Verwante met Deens: jisegel

Verwante met Noors: isjukel

Verwante met Elfdalian: aisikkel

In summary

From Middle English isykle, isikel, from Old English *īsġicel, from Proto-West Germanic *īsajikil, *īsajekul, equivalent to ice + ickle. It was assimilated to nouns in -icle, from Latin -iculus—the expected spelling would have -ickle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Iesjuukel (“icicle”), German Low German Iesjökel, dialectal Danish jisegel (“icicle”), Norwegian isjukel (“icicle”) and Elfdalian aisikkel.