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Where does “kjal” come from?

kjal (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa — resin.

kjal (Westrobothnian): keel; highland region or mountain ridge, often...

Definitions

  1. keel; highland region or mountain ridge, often...

Ancestry of “kjal”, step by step

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