Where does “quilla” come from?

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

quilla (Galician): keel

Definitions

  1. keel

Ancestry of “quilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchquille—
2Middle High Germankegel—
3Old High Germankegilpeg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake
4Proto-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 →