Where does “quillette” come from?

quillette (French) comes from French quille, from Middle French quille, from Middle High German kegel, from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil — stake, pole, pile.

quillette (French): a withy cutting planted so that it takes root

Definitions

  1. a withy cutting planted so that it takes root

Ancestry of “quillette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquilleskittle; pin, peg; demob
2Middle Frenchquille—
3Middle High Germankegel—
4Old High Germankegilpeg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake
5Proto-West Germanic*kagilstake, pole, pile
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →Every word from Old High German kegil →Every word from Middle High German kegel →