Where does “kjøl” come from?

kjøl (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa — resin.

kjøl (Norwegian Nynorsk): a keel; a chill, cooling gust of wind; a scare

Definitions

  1. a keel; a chill, cooling gust of wind; a scare

Ancestry of “kjøl”, step by step

kjøl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse kjǫlr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
2Proto-Norsekelu-
3FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
4FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
5Finnishkänsäcallus
6Finnishkanssawith; also, too
7Finnishkansassa
8Finnishkansapeople; nation
9Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
10Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via Norwegian Nynorsk kjøle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkjøleto cool
2Norwegian Nynorskkjortela tunic
3Old Norsekyrtillkirtle, tunic
4Old Englishcyrtelkirtle
5Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “kjøl

Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti