Where does “chiller” come from?
I need to work through this etymology chain carefully, but I notice there's a significant problem: the chain provided doesn't coherently connect to "chiller" in English.
The chain shows: English chill | English will | English ich | Latin -are | Latin -are | Latin -arius | Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ | Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂
This appears to be a chain for a word related to "will" or possibly "ich" (I), not for "chiller." The suffix "-arius" typically forms agent nouns (like "librarius" from "libra"), but the PIE roots given (h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ and éǵh₂) don't clearly support a semantic path to "chiller" (something that chills/makes cold
chiller (English): Something that chills; A frightening dramatic...
Definitions
- Something that chills; A frightening dramatic...
Ancestry of “chiller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | chill | A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating... |
| 2 | Middle English | ichille | — |
| 3 | Middle English | Will | — |
| 4 | Middle English | William | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | Willame | — |
| 6 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 7 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |