kittle

Meaning

Verb

To tickle, to touch lightly.

Adj

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) Ticklish.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland) Not easily managed

Synonyms

touchy

difficult

susceptible

awkward

ticklish

touchous

tickle

Translations

دغدغ

kitzlig

brenzlig

kitzelig

chatouilleux

délicat

susceptible

adombrabile

ispido

solleticoso

spinoso

lastig

teer

sensitivo

cócegozo

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: kitelen

Inherited from Old English: citelian

Cognate with Dutch: kittelen

Cognate with Low German: kettelen

Cognate with German: kitzeln

Cognate with Icelandic: kitla

Cognate with Swedish: kittla

Cognate with Danish: kilde

In summary

From Middle English kitelen, from Old English citelian (“to tickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).
Cognate with Dutch kittelen, kietelen (“to tickle”), Low German kettelen, ketelen (“to tickle”), German kitzeln (“to tickle”), Icelandic kitla (“to tickle”), Swedish kittla, kittsla, Danish kilde and perhaps Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to sting, bite”). Compare tickle.