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 — stake, pole, pile.

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*kagilstake, pole, pile

Words derived from “chiglia”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →Every word from Old High German kegil →Every word from Middle High German kegel →