icicle

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

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Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ˈʌɪsəkəl/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

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.

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