Etymograph

English

Quill

Quill comes from Irish Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’, from coll ‘hazel tree’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kóslos‘hazel’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*koslos‘hazel’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900coll‘hazel’
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘hazel tree’
  5. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Cuill‘descendant of Coll’
  6. EnglishtodayQuill

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kóslos‘hazel’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*koslos‘hazel’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900coll‘hazel’
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘hazel tree’
  5. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Cuill‘descendant of Coll’
  6. EnglishtodayQuill

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuill (‘descendant of Coll’), a byname from coll (‘hazel tree’).

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kóslos / Quill

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