ettle

Etymology

Came into English from Middle English etlien or atlien, from Old Norse ætla (“to think, mean, suppose, intend, purpose”), from Proto-Germanic *ahtalōną (“to strive, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *ok- (“to think, intend, purpose”). It's cognate with regional Swedish ättla (“to count, reckon”), and some Middle English forms may have been remodelled after Old English eaht.