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Where does “kjǫlr” come from?

kjǫlr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kjǫlr (Old Norse): keel

Definitions

  1. keel

Ancestry of “kjǫlr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norsekelu-—
2FinnishKela—
3FinnishKansaneläkelaitos—
4Finnishkänsäcallus
5Finnishkanssawith; also, too
6Finnishkansassa—
7Finnishkansapeople; nation
8Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
9Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “kjǫlr”

  • keel
  • keelboat
  • keeling
  • keelless
  • keelman
  • keeler
  • keelback
  • keelage
  • on keel
  • off keel
  • quillon
  • keelboater
  • quilla
  • sobrequilla
  • falsachiglia
  • controchiglia
  • chiglia
  • quillon
  • guillon
  • quille
  • équille
  • Kiele
  • Kiel
  • köli
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