köken: From Middle High German slüȥȥel, from Old High German sluȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil, which is derived from *sleutan (“to close”), from which also modern German schließen. Cognate with Dutch sleutel and English slot.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kľučь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kljaukjas, from Proto-Indo-European *klewk-yo-s, from *kle(h₂)uk-, an extended form of *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, key, peg”), whence English clef and close.
köken: From Middle Dutch slōtel, sluetel, from Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil, which is derived from *sleutan (“to close”). Equivalent to sluiten + -el.
key (object that opens and closes a lock) · key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it) · any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner
çekim: çoğul chaves
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate). Doublet of clave, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé,…
aile: a sete chaves, cabeça de chave, chavão, chavaria, chave de boca, chave de braço, chave de cadeia, chave de fenda, chave de fendas, chave de grifo
key (an object that goes into the keyhole and as it turns left or right it locks or unlocks a door, drawer, etc.) · wrench · keystone (a central wedge-shaped piece of an arch or dome that locks the other pieces in place)
çekim: çoğul κλειδιά · tamlayan κλειδιού
köken: From Byzantine Greek κλειδίν (kleidín), from Ancient Greek κλειδίον (kleidíon), diminutive of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Hellenic *klāwī́ds, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”).
köken: First attested in the Myobeomnyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463, as Middle Korean 엸〯쇠〮 (Yale: yěl-s-swóy). From 열— (yeol-, “to open”) + 쇠 (soe, “metal”). The phonological resemblance to Chinese 鑰匙 (yàoshi, “key”) is coincidental.
köken: From Old Swedish nykil, lykil, from Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“close”) + an instrumental suffix -il-. The n-sound has developed through dissimilation of l-l. Related to English lock, Swedish lock, lucka.
head, main, chief, principle (most significant among other objects of the same kind or in the situation in question) · head (of or relating to the head of a body) · big (exemplary)
çekim: karşılaştırma główniejszy · üstünlük najgłówniejszy
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gelH-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *golva Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Proto-Slavic *golvьnъ Old Polish główny Polish główny Inherited from Old Polish główny. By surface analysis, głowa + -ny. Doublet of hławny, a dialectal borrowing from Slovak.
aile: grzech główny, kara główna, liczebnik główny, płyta główna, tętnica główna
köken: From Proto-Slavic *kľučь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kljaukjas, from Proto-Indo-European *klewk-yo-s, from *kle(h₂)uk-, an extended form of *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, key, peg”).
köken: Borrowed from Punjabi ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī) / کُنجی (kunjī), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kuṃciyā), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English key.
köken: Inherited from Old Czech kľúč, From Proto-Slavic *kľučь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kljaukjas, from Proto-Indo-European *klewk-yo-s, from *kle(h₂)uk-, an extended form of *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, key, peg”).