sickle
English
/ˈsɪkl̩/
noun
Definitions
- (agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
- Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sikel inherited from Old English sicol inherited from Proto-Germanic *sikilō (ploughshare) derived from Latin sēcula (sickle) derived from Proto-Germanic *seką (ploughshare) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seg- (adhere, touch, stick, attach).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seg-
Gloss
adhere, touch, stick, attach
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bill English
- insect English
- moon English
- moonsickle English
- pod English
- sex English
- sicklebill English
- sickled English
- sicklelike English
- sickleman English
- sicklemia English
- sicklemic English
- sicklepod English
- sickler English
- dissectus Latin
- intersecare Latin
- sacena Latin
- saxum Latin
- secare, seco Latin
- seco Latin
- secta Latin
- sectio Latin
- sector Latin
- secāre, secō Latin
- secō Latin
- seges Latin
- segmentum Latin
- segnis Latin
- sequi Latin
- signum Latin
- sēcula Latin
- Mondsichel German
- Sichel German
- Sichelmonat German
- Sichelstrandläufer German
- Sichler German
- sichelförmig German
- scudocrociato Italian
- doorzichtig Dutch, Flemish
- gezicht Dutch, Flemish
- inzicht Dutch, Flemish
- kortzichtig Dutch, Flemish
- maansikkel Dutch, Flemish
- omzichtig Dutch, Flemish
- onderwaterzicht Dutch, Flemish
- opzicht Dutch, Flemish
- overzicht Dutch, Flemish
- sikkel Dutch, Flemish
- toezicht Dutch, Flemish
- uitzicht Dutch, Flemish
- vooruitzicht Dutch, Flemish
- voorzicht Dutch, Flemish
- zicht Dutch, Flemish
- zichtbaar Dutch, Flemish
- zichtrekening Dutch, Flemish
- troisième sexe French
- *seg- Proto-Indo-European
- *sek- Proto-Indo-European
- *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skei- Proto-Indo-European
- *sēk-teh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *sagô Proto-Germanic
- *sagō Proto-Germanic
- *sahsą Proto-Germanic
- *seką Proto-Germanic
- *sikilō Proto-Germanic
- sax Swedish
- sicol Old English
- sawen Middle English
- sikel Middle English
- Saxland Old Norse
- saxa Old Norse
- segl Danish
- *sekyra Proto-Slavic
- *sěťi Proto-Slavic
- hesg Welsh
- sichte Middle Dutch
- sikle Middle Dutch
- sichel Middle High German
- Séchel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *sahs gmw-pro
- *segisnu gmw-pro
- *sikulu gmw-pro
- *sexskā Proto-Celtic
- sekele Middle Low German
- *seknom Proto-Italic