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Cimbrian
Etymology
According to J. and W. Grimm, related to Tyrolean kill (“intimate”), Swedish kela, Danish kjäle (“to cuddle”); Danish kelen, kälen, kjälen (“tender, soft; spoiled, pampered”); compare also Swabian käl (“tasteless, crass”), Augsburg dialect kalläß (“picky (regarding food)”).[1] Hellquist gives further possible cognates to Swedish kela: Scanian kelen, Norwegian kjœla (“softness”)[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
khìllan
- (Sette Comuni) to make docile
References
Further reading
- “khillan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo