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keel

/ˈkil/KEEL
/ˈkil/KEEL

Meaningkeel

Common meaning: the backbone timber running stem to stern under a ship

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GAL‘freeze, be cold’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 99, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Norsekjǫlr‘keel’source
  3. Middle Englishhelesource
  4. Englishkeel‘the backbone timber running stem to stern under a ship’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse kjǫlr ‘keel’.

Roots

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