inkling

Etymology 1
From, , and then either:


 * possibly a variant of, , possibly from + , ; or
 * more likely from the of an inklyng as a ninkiling, from  +, ; inklen may be derived from , , from , from , from , . The English word would then be analysable as.

Sense 3 (“desire, inclination”) may have been influenced by or.

Noun

 * 1) Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.
 * 2) Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
 * 3)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1) Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
 * 2)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1) Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
 * 2)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1)  A desire, an inclination.
 * 1)  A desire, an inclination.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, , vihja
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish:, éachtaint,
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: на́мек, поткажу́вање
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: здогад, гадка,, приблизна ідея


 * Dutch: vaag idee,
 * Macedonian: пре́тстава, претставу́вање, со́мнеж, сомне́вање
 * Serbo-Croatian: maglovita predodžba
 * Ukrainian: підозра

Etymology 2
From.