crécelle

rattle (instrument, toy)

Related: voix de crécelle

Origin uncertain. Derivation from the assumed Vulgar Latin *crepicella, *crepitacillum, a diminutive of crepitāculum, from crepitāre (“to crackle”) is difficult to explain from a morphological point of view. Instead, possibly from a root *krek-, *krak- (“to crack, rattle, creak, emit a bird cry”), akin to French criquer, Old High German krekken (“to shake, rattle, break”).