Where does “ciel” come from?
ciel (Norman) comes from Old French ciel, from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic kailom, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂i-lom, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂i-.
ciel (Norman): sky
Ancestry of “ciel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | ciel | heaven |
| 2 | Latin | caelum | heaven; sky; atmosphere, climate, weather |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kailom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂i-lom | whole |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂i- | — |