Etymograph

English

Kiel

Kiel comes from German Kiel.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKiel
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKiel
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021same form

Earliest quotation: 2021, Nanomaterial 'aerographene' used to create extremely powerfu: “An international research team led by materials scientists from…”

The story

Borrowed from German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (‘gulf, bay’), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną (‘to crack, split’).

Every English word from German Kiel

Today it means

name The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Etymograph / German Kiel / Kiel

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