Where does “keillès” come from?

keillès (Yola) comes from Middle English keyle, from Middle Dutch kēgel, from Old Dutch kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil — stake, pole, pile.

keillès (Yola): skittles, ninepins

Definitions

  1. skittles, ninepins

Ancestry of “keillès”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishkeyleskittle
2Middle Dutchkēgelcone, wedge
3Old Dutchkegil—
4Proto-West Germanic*kagilstake, pole, pile
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kagil →Every word from Old Dutch kegil →Every word from Middle Dutch kēgel →