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Where does “kiilluu” come from?

kiilluu (Estonian) comes from Estonian kiil, from German kiel, from Middle Low German kēl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

kiilluu (Estonian): sphenoid bone

Definitions

  1. sphenoid bone

Ancestry of “kiilluu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankiildragonfly; wedge; parenthesis
2Germankiel—
3Middle Low Germankēl—
4Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
5Proto-Norsekelu-—
6FinnishKela—
7FinnishKansaneläkelaitos—
8Finnishkänsäcallus
9Finnishkanssawith; also, too
10Finnishkansassa—
11Finnishkansapeople; nation
12Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
13Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt—
18Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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