Where does “keel” come from?

keel (Dutch) comes from French gueule, from Old French goule, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European gʷel-, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

keel (Dutch): throat; gules, the blazoning term for the color...

Definitions

  1. throat; gules, the blazoning term for the color...

Ancestry of “keel”, step by step

keel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gueule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgueulesnout, face; mug; mouth
2Old Frenchgoulemouth
3Latingulagullet, throat, palate; gluttony, greediness;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷel-throat; to swallow; throat; to dribble; gush...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via Middle Dutch kēle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchkēle
2Old Dutchkelathroat
3Proto-West Germanickelāthroat
4Proto-Germanickelǭthroat
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelu-to swallow

Words derived from “keel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel-
keel — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer