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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
KAILS.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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KAILS,
nine-pins. (O. Low G.) Perhaps obsolete. Formerly
also keyles. 'Quille, the keel of a ship, also a keyle,
a big peg, or pin of wood, used at nine-pins or keyles;'
Cotgrave. Spelt cailis, Reliquiæ Antiquæ, ii. 224 (Stratmann).
Of O. Low Ger. origin; Du. kegel, 'a pin, kail; mid kegels spelen, to play at
ninepins;' Sewel. (It may be observed that kails were shaped like a
cone.) + Dan. kegle, a cone; kegler, ninepins. + Swed. kegla, a pin, cone. + G.
kegel, a cone, ninepin, bobbin (whence F. quille). β. Evidently a
dimin. form, with suffix -la. It seems to be related, on the one
hand, to Du. keg, kegge, a wedge; and, on the other, to Icel. kaggi, a keg; see
Keg.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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