Where does “kill” come from?

kill (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Kuel, from Old High German kuolī, from Proto-West Germanic kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic kōluz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

kill (Luxembourgish): cool; second-person singular imperative of killen

Definitions

  1. cool; second-person singular imperative of killen

Ancestry of “kill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishKuelcoal
2Old High Germankuolīcool not warm
3Proto-West Germanickōl(ī)cool
4Proto-Germanickōluzcool
5Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
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