Where does “chilling” come from?
I need to work through this carefully, as the chain seems problematic.
Looking at the chain provided:
- English chill | English will | English ich | Old English iċ | Old English iċ | Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ | Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ | Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂
This chain is incoherent. "Chill" does not etymologically derive from "will" or "ich/iċ" (first person pronoun). The chain appears to conflate multiple different etymologies.
For "chilling" (the gerund of "chill"), the actual etymology would trace back through Middle English and Old English *cēol/cile* (meaning cold, cool), but this chain doesn't support that.
Given the instruction to "state only what the
chilling (English): Becoming cold; Causing cold; Causing mild fear
Definitions
- Becoming cold; Causing cold; Causing mild fear
Ancestry of “chilling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 |
Words derived from “chilling”