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keelEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗keelEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
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”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗keelEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗keelEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Compare Scots kele, keil, keill (“to put to death, kill”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- KeelEnglish · e-38538-6575
Keel, kēl, n. the part of a ship extending along the bottom from stem to stern, and supporting the whole frame: a low flat-bottomed boat: a Tyne coal-barge: a ship generally: (bot.) the lowest petals of the corolla of a
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Keel, kēl, v.t. (Shak.) to cool. [A.S. célan, to chill.]
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Keel, kēl, n. (Scot.) red chalk, ruddle.—v.t. to mark with ruddle. [Prob. Gael. cil, ruddle.]
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