English
Keele
Keele comes from Old English cȳ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳ
- EnglishtodayKeele
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳ
- EnglishtodayKeele
A compound of cū ‘cow’ + hlǣw ‘mound, hill’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₃u-s ‘cattle’
Proto-Germanic *kōz ‘cow’
Proto-West Germanic *kō ‘cow’
Old English cū ‘cow’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to lean’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱloy-wo-m
Proto-Germanic *hlaiwą ‘hill, mound, barrow’
Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw ‘hill, mound, barrow’
Old English hlǣw ‘mound, hill’
Linked words
through Old English cȳ
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English cȳ / Keele