keel

keel · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*keluz
2. Old Norse · derived fromkjǫlr
3. Middle English · inherited fromkele
4. English todaykeel

From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English ċēol from a related root. Distantly related to kile.

keel · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kōlijaną“to cool”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kōlijan
3. Old English · inherited fromcēlan“to cool, to make or become cool”
4. Middle English · inherited fromkelen
5. English todaykeel

From Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, to make or become cool”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian käile, köile (“to cool”), Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German Low German köhlen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Danish køle (“to cool”), Icelandic kæla (“to cool”).

keel · noun, verb³

1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromcìl“ruddle”
2. English todaykeel

Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).

keel · verb⁴

Compare Scots kele, keil, keill (“to put to death, kill”).

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