Where does “trickly” come from?

trickly (English) comes from English trickle, from English strickle, from Middle English strikile.

trickly (English): Pouring in trickles

Definitions

  1. Pouring in trickles

Ancestry of “trickly”, step by step

trickly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trickle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrickleA very thin river; A very thin flow; the act of...
2EnglishstrickleA rod used to level grain etc. when being...
3Middle Englishstrikile—

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Middle English strikile →Every word from English strickle →Every word from English trickle →