Where does “kjölfar” come from?
kjölfar (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kjölur, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa — whale, sea monster; abyss.
kjölfar (Icelandic): wake
Definitions
- wake
Ancestry of “kjölfar”, step by step
kjölfar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic kjölur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | kjölur | a keel; the spine |
| 2 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 4 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 5 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 6 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 7 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 8 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 9 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Icelandic fár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | fár | few; in low spirits, unenthusiastic, impassive;... |
| 2 | Old Norse | fár | few; bale, harm, mischief, anger; dangerous... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | farą | a means of passing, ford, ferry |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |