Where does “kegil” come from?

kegil (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kagil — stake, pole, pile.

kegil (Old High German): peg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake

Definitions

  1. peg; cone, peg, wedge, nail; stake

Ancestry of “kegil”, step by step

kegil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *kagil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kagilstake, pole, pile

via Proto-Germanic *kagil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kagil—

Words derived from “kegil”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →