Etymograph

English

keeve

Keeve comes from Old English cȳf ‘vat’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *kūbaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kūbazreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kūbijureconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳf‘vat’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kive
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1753keeve

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kūbazreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kūbijureconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳf‘vat’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kive
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1753keeve

Earliest quotation: 1753, Hugh Stafford, Exact Care: “In order to avoid a great deal of trouble,…”

Linked words

through Latin cūpa

cowl, cupola, 8 more

Today it means

noun A bleaching vat; a kier.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kūbaz / keeve

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