kietelen

• ketelen (obsolete)
• kittelen (dialectal)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.tə.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: kie‧te‧len

kietelen

1. to tickle

   Synonym: kriebelen

• Negerhollands: kettel