Where does “quillon” come from?

quillon (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.

quillon (French): quillon

Definitions

  1. quillon

Ancestry of “quillon”, step by step

quillon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French quille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquilleskittle; pin, peg; demob
2Middle Frenchquille—
3Middle High Germankegel—
4Old High Germankegilpeg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake
5Proto-West Germanic*kagilstake, pole, pile

via Middle French quillon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchquillon—
2Middle French-on—

Words derived from “quillon”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →Every word from Old High German kegil →Every word from Middle High German kegel →