kile

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gew-“to bend, curve, vault”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gewl-“vessel, bowl, ball”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kūlǭ
4. Old Norse · derived fromkýli“boil”
5. Middle English · derived fromkile
6. English todaykile

From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”). See also keel.

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