keel
KEEL · noun
Origin
Keel comes from Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *keluz, whose deeper origin is unknown. It pushed aside the native Old English word ċēol, which came from a related root.
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Related words
Keel is distantly related to the word kile, though the exact nature of that connection isn't detailed.