Where does “kille” come from?

kille (Swedish) comes from Old English cyning, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

kille (Swedish): Boy, lad; A adult male person; guy, bloke;...

Definitions

  1. Boy, lad; A adult male person; guy, bloke;...

Ancestry of “kille”, step by step

kille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cyning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcyningking
2Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
3Proto-West Germanictūnfence
4Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
5Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
6Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Swedish kid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkida young deer
2Old Swedishkiþgoatling; offspring of deer
3Old Norsekiða goatling, kid
4Proto-Germanickidjąa goatling; kid
5Proto-Indo-Europeangidʰ-kid, goatling, little goat

Words derived from “kille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →