Where does “kili” come from?
kili (Ingrian) comes from Russian киль, from Dutch Kiel, from Middle Dutch kiel, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä.
kili (Ingrian): goat
Definitions
- goat
Ancestry of “kili”, step by step
kili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian киль
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | киль | keel, back; fin, tailfin, fin surface, keel; keel... |
| 2 | Dutch | Kiel | Carina |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | kiel | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 6 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 9 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 10 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 11 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 12 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
via Swedish kille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kille | Boy, lad; A adult male person; guy, bloke;... |
| 2 | Old English | cyning | king |
| 3 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 6 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |