From Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġiċel, from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz, diminutive of *jekô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yeg-. Cognate with Low German Jäkel ("icicle"), Danish egel ("icicle"), Norwegian jøkel ("glacier, icesheet"), Icelandic jökull ("glacier"), Swedish jökel ("glacier") and probably akull (Gheg okull).
Childish pronunciation of little#Adjective.
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