inkle

Significado (Inglês)

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

Sinônimos

jingle

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: inklen

Cognato com Old Frisian: jinc

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: ekki

Cognato com norueguês: 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”).