Where does “kail-” come from?

kail- (Proto-Baltic) comes from Proto-Indo-European koil-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱei- — to lie with, store, be familiar.

Ancestry of “kail-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankoil-safe, unharmed
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱei-to lie with, store, be familiar

Words derived from “kail-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱei- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European koil- →
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