kietelen

Meaning

to tickle

Concepts

tickle

titillate

Synonyms

kriebelen

kittelen

Translations

kitzeln

chatouiller

hacer cosquillas

titilar

solleticare

cosquillear

pessigollejar

fazer cócegas

fer pessigolles

دغدغ

γαργαλάω

γαργαλώ

fazer cócegas a

gıdıklamak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈki.tə.lə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: kietelen

Inherited from Old Dutch: *kitilon

Cognate with Middle English: kitelen

Cognate with English: kittle

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 Dutch kietelen, ketelen, kittelen, kitelen, from Old Dutch *kitilon, 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 Middle English kitelen (> English kittle), 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”).