Where does “कीलाक्षर” come from?

कीलाक्षर (Hindi) comes from Hindi कील, from German kiel, from Middle Low German kēl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä.

कीलाक्षर (Hindi): cuneiform

Definitions

  1. cuneiform

Ancestry of “कीलाक्षर”, step by step

कीलाक्षर traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi कील

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकीलnail, tack; peg; spike; stud
2Germankielkeel beam at the underside of a ship
3Middle Low Germankēl
4Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
5Proto-Norsekelu-
6FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
7FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
8Finnishkänsäcallus
9Finnishkanssawith; also, too
10Finnishkansassa
11Finnishkansapeople; nation
12Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
13Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt

via Hindi अक्षर

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiअक्षरletter, character; syllable
2Sanskritअ॒क्षर॑
Every word from Middle English kytEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm