Etymograph

English

keelfat

From keel (“to cool”) + fat (“tub, vat”).

A compound of keel ‘to cool’ + fat ‘tub, vat’

Proto-Germanic *keluz

Old Norse kjǫlr

Middle English kele

English keel

Proto-West Germanic *fait

Proto-West Germanic *faitijan ‘to make fat’

Proto-West Germanic *faitid ‘fatted’

Old English fǣtt ‘fatted’

Middle English fat ‘fattened’

English fat

Today it means

noun A cooler; a vat in which liquor or wort is set for cooling.

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

Etymograph / keelfat