heikel

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(Anglais)

delicate (requiring careful handling)
(Austria) picky, choosy

Fréquence

canton d’Argovie

sälzig

canton d’Argovie

sämper

canton de Bâle-Campagne

bränselig

canton de Bâle-Campagne

bränzelig

canton de Bâle-Campagne

difisyyl

canton de Saint-Gall

hòarkìl

canton de Zurich

heikel

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ̯kəl/

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In summary

Probably a dialectal variant of Middle Low German ēkel (“disgusting”), from which German Ekel (“loathing, disgust, fastidiousness”). A connection to Proto-Germanic *aikulaz (“fearful”) has been suggested for both words; compare Old English acol (“burdensome, troublesome”), English ache, Galician extern (“to vex”), Dutch akelig (“terrible”). Heikel seems to have arisen out of 16th century Upper German dialects with a first meaning “easily disgusted, choosy”. Dialectal variants include Bavarian haglich and hoaglich (both akin to regional German heikelig or heiklig), Swabian haikel, Alemannic German heikχel, Saterland Frisian hekel (“fastidious with regard to food”). Others have suggested a derivation from Middle High German heien, heigen (“to cherish, harbour”) (compare Bavarian haigeln). The connection with the root of English irk (“to irritate, annoy, bother”), advanced by the Grimms, seems to be out of question today, even given the Upper German verb erkeln (“to loathe”).