Where does “chill” come from?
I need to work with the chain provided, but I notice there's a problem: the chain given appears to trace "will" and "ich" (I), not "chill." The chain doesn't support an etymology for "chill" as the headword. Given the instructions state "State only what the chain supports. Do not invent dates, cognates, or intermediate steps," I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence for "chill" using this chain. Could you provide the correct etymological chain for "chill"? Or did you mean the headword to be "will" or another word that matches the chain provided?
chill (English): A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating...
Definitions
- A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating...
Ancestry of “chill”, step by step
chill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English ichille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ichille | I will |
| 2 | Middle English | Will | — |
| 3 | Middle English | William | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | Willame | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via English Child
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Child | Alternative letter-case form of child "often used... |
| 2 | Middle English | childen | To deliver a child; to beget or procreate; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |