inkle

Meanings

Verb

• To hint at; disclose.
• To have a hint or inkling of; divine.

Noun

• Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces

Origin

• From Middle English inklen, inclen, derived from inke, from Old English inca, from Proto-Germanic *inkô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eng-. Cognate with Old Frisian jinc ("angered"), Old Norse ekki ("pain, grief"), Norwegian ekkje ("lack, pity").
• Apparently from earlier *ingle, perhaps from an incorrect division of lingle, lingel.