Where does “Keller” come from?
Keller comes from German Keller, Middle High German keller, Old High German kellari, and Late Latin cellarium, ultimately from Latin cella meaning "room" or "storehouse" with the agent suffix -arius, derived from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- meaning "to hide" or "conceal."
Keller (English): A beer cellar in Germany or Austria
Definitions
- A beer cellar in Germany or Austria
Ancestry of “Keller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Keller | cellar; basement |
| 2 | Middle High German | keller | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kellari | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kellārī | cellar, storeroom |
| 5 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |