Kiel.
keel (beam at the underside of a ship)
Meaning & usage
keel (beam at the underside of a ship)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German kēl, kil, probably borrowed from Old Norse kjǫlr. Compare Dutch kiel, English keel.
Kiel (an independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Where this word comes from
Named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (“gulf, bay”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).
quill (shaft of a feather)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German kil, which is possibly a borrowing from the north, from Middle Low German quiele, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to pierce, stick”). Compare somewhat later Lower Rhine Middle Dutch kijl. See quill for more.
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