Etymology

ghyll

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Today it means: A ravine. Full definition →

Middle English gille ← Old Norse gil ← Proto-Germanic *gilją
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gilją
  2. Old Norse · derived fromgil
  3. Middle English · inherited fromgille
  4. English todayghyll

From Middle English gille, gylle, from Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishgille all →

gill

Old Norsegil all →

gillGoldthwaite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.