Where does “kil” come from?

kil (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic kīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-n-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

kil (Swedish): wedge; pile

Definitions

  1. wedge; pile

Ancestry of “kil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickīnanąto split open, sprout, germinate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-n-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

Words derived from “kil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵey-n- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kīnaną →
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