Where does “kølighed” come from?

kølighed (Danish) comes from Danish kølig, from Danish køl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

kølighed (Danish): chilliness, coldness, coolness the state of having a low temperature

Definitions

  1. chilliness, coldness, coolness the state of having a low temperature

Ancestry of “kølighed”, step by step

kølighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kølig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkøligcool, chilly tempature
2Danishkølkeel; imperative of køle
3Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
4Proto-Norsekelu-
5FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
6FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
7Finnishkänsäcallus
8Finnishkanssawith; also, too
9Finnishkansassa
10Finnishkansapeople; nation
11Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
12Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

via Danish hed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhedimperative of hedde; past tense of hedde
2Old Danishhet
3Old Norseheitrhot
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Middle Dutch kitteEvery word from Middle English kytEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe