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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/keluz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to *kelǭ (“throat”).[1] Kluge compares Ancient Greek γαυλός (gaulós, "merchant vessel," originally "milk pail"), which itself has been connected to *keulaz (“ship”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈke.luz/
Noun
*keluz m
- (North Germanic) keel
- Coordinate term: *skaggiją
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *keluz (u-stem) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | *keluz | *kiliwiz | |
vocative | *kelu | *kiliwiz | |
accusative | *kelų | *kelunz | |
genitive | *kelauz | *kiliwǫ̂ | |
dative | *kiliwi | *kelumaz | |
instrumental | *kelū | *kelumiz |
Descendants
- Old Norse: kjǫlr
- Icelandic: kjölur
- Faroese: kjølur
- Norwegian: kjøl
- Old Swedish: kiol, kiøl
- Swedish: köl
- → Finnish: köli
- Swedish: köl
- Old Danish: kiøl
- Danish: køl
- Westrobothnian: kjał
- Elfdalian: tjyöl
- Gutnish: käl, köl
- → Middle English: kele
- Scots: kele, keill
- English: keel
- → Middle Dutch: kiel
- Dutch: kiel
- Afrikaans: kiel
- Dutch: kiel
- → Middle Low German: kēl, kil, kiel
- German Low German: Kiel
- → German: Kiel
- → Czech: kýl
- → Russian: киль (kilʹ)
- → Slovak: kýl
- → Middle French: quille
- French: quille
- → Portuguese: quilha
- French: quille
See also
- *keulaz
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kiel3”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kiel”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891