quille
French
noun
Definitions
- skittle
- (colloquial) pin, peg leg
- (military) demob
- (juggling) club
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French quille derived from Middle High German kegel derived from Old High German kegil (nail, wedge, peg, cone) derived from Proto-Germanic *kagilaz (pile, stake, peg, cone).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kagilaz
Gloss
pile, stake, peg, cone
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kegel German
- Kegelbahn German
- Kegelstumpf German
- Leitkegel German
- kegelförmig German
- kegeln German
- chiglia Italian
- quillette French
- aquillado Spanish, Castilian
- quilla Spanish, Castilian
- sobrequilla Spanish, Castilian
- quilha Portuguese
- *kagilaz Proto-Germanic
- quilla Catalan, Valencian
- quilla Galician
- chegil Old High German
- kegil Old High German
- ki Vietnamese
- kegel Middle High German
- quille Middle French
- *kegil Old Dutch