Staff K of the English Wordbook.
Basic abbreviations:
- OE = Old English
- ME = Middle English
- PG = Or-theedish
- SC = Scots
- SW = Swedish
- Dan. = Danish
- ON = Old Norse
- OS = Old Saxon
- NHG = New Hightheech
- IC = Icelandish
- H.IC = High Icelandish
- Du. = Netherlandish
- Fris. = Freesish
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings.
| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
| kamikaze | adj | daredevil, devil-may-care, hell-for-leather | - | |
| kangaroo | n | - | leapdeer | |
| kapok tree | n | - | silk-treewool tree | |
| karaoke | n | sing-along | - | |
| karma | n | - | doings (calque) | |
| kayak | n | - | mansboat (calque of Inuktitut) | |
| kennel | n | doghouse | - | |
| ketchup | n | - | blooddip, heartdip | |
| kiln (in Old English, but <Latin) | n | - | brimoven (cf. NHG. Brennofen), oast | |
| kilig | n | lovespark | ||
| kindergarten (from High German) | n | - | kindergrove, children's grove, childeryard | |
| kiosk | n | booth, stall | - | |
| kleptomania | n | mad theft | thiefmadness (calque) | |
| kleptomaniac | n | mad thief | thiefmadman (calque) | |
| knowledgeable | adj | knowledgeful | - | |
| Korea | n | - | Mornfrithland | |
| kowtow | vb | bootlick, fawn | kneelbow | |
| krypton | n | - | hiddenmote | |
