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.
quilla (Galician): keel
Ancestry of “quilla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | quille | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | kegel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kegil | peg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kagil | — |