From Old Swedish kitla, from Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).
kittla (present kittlar, preterite kittlade, supine kittlat, imperative kittla)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | kittla | kittlas | ||
Supine | kittlat | kittlats | ||
Imperative | kittla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kittlen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kittlar | kittlade | kittlas | kittlades |
Ind. plural1 | kittla | kittlade | kittlas | kittlades |
Subjunctive2 | kittle | kittlade | kittles | kittlades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kittlande | |||
Past participle | kittlad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |