Where does “kühl” come from?

kühl (German) comes from Middle High German küele, from Old High German kuolī, from Proto-West Germanic kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic kōluz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

kühl (German): cool; calm, restrained, passionless; cool, frigid

Definitions

  1. cool; calm, restrained, passionless; cool, frigid

Ancestry of “kühl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanküele—
2Old High Germankuolīcool not warm
3Proto-West Germanickōl(ī)cool
4Proto-Germanickōluzcool
5Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

Words derived from “kühl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kalaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kōluz →