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 Middle French clef, from Old French clef, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-. According to Bescherelle, the spelling clé had replaced clef by 1845.
aile: à clé, à la clé, clé à cliquet, clé à douille, clé à molette, clé anglaise, clé de bras, clé de contact, clé de lecture, clé de voûte
Et s'il me prend l'envie d' m'en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé.
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.
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
scarce, not much of something · somewhat less than
çekim: karşılaştırma knappare · üstünlük knappast
köken: From Middle Low German knap, whence also German knapp, Danish knap. Further cognate with Dutch knap. Compare also Danish næppe (“hardly at all”).
köken: From Old Danish nykil, cognate with Swedish nyckel and Norwegian nøkkel, possibly identical to the following word. Alternatively, it is a younger form, with dissimilation, of Old Danish lykil (cf. also Jutlandic løgel), from Old Norse lykill, derived from the verb lúka (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.