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Where does “chiglia” come from?

chiglia (Italian) comes from Spanish quilla, from French quille, from Middle French quille, from Middle High German kegel, from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil.

chiglia (Italian): keel

Definitions

  1. keel

Ancestry of “chiglia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquillakeel
2Frenchquilleskittle; pin, peg; demob
3Middle Frenchquille—
4Middle High Germankegel—
5Old High Germankegilpeg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake
6Proto-West Germanic*kagil—

Words derived from “chiglia”

  • controchiglia
  • falsachiglia
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →