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Where does “rickle” come from?

rickle (Scots) comes from Old English hrēac, from Proto-Germanic hraukaz — pile ; heap; haystack.

rickle (Scots): A rickle

Definitions

  1. A rickle

Ancestry of “rickle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhrēacstack; rick, stack
2Proto-Germanichraukazpile ; heap; haystack

Words derived from “rickle”

  • rickle
Every word from Proto-Germanic hraukaz →