Where does “inkling” come from?

I cannot write this etymology in good faith. The chain provided contains fundamental problems that make it impossible to produce an accurate sentence: 1. **Broken chain logic**: The chain ends with "Proto-Indo-European ne" (a particle/negation), which doesn't connect semantically or phonetically to the rest of the chain. 2. **Greek anomaly**: Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (aggelos, "messenger") has no clear connection to Latin *linea* ("line") and doesn't fit the phonetic progression of the other terms. 3. **Unknown meaning**: You've noted the meaning of "inkling" is unknown, yet you're asking me to "weave in the oldest one to explain the sense development"—impossible without a known meaning. 4. **Suspect source chain**: The progression from "inkle" → "ingle" → "lingel" appears speculative and isn't standard in major

inkling (English): "Usually preceded by forms of" to give: a slight...