inkle

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To hint at; disclose.
2. To have a hint or inkling of; divine.

Noun

Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces

Sinònims

jingle

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: inklen

Cognat amb Old Frisian: jinc

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: ekki

Cognat amb noruec: ekkje

In summary

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”).