Staff K of the English Wordbook.
Tongueshortenings:
- NE = New English
- ENE = Early New English
- ME = Middle English
- OE = Old English
- SC = Scots
- WF = West Frish
- NF = North Frish
- SF = Saterlandish Frish
- WO = Wangeroogish
- WLG = West Low Thetch
- EFLS = East Frish Low Saxish
- ELG = East Low Thetch
- NL = Netherlandish
- AF = Afrikaans
- NHG = New High Thetch
- IL = Icelandish
- HIL = High Icelandish
- FO = Faroish
- NO = Nornish
- SW = Swedish
- DN = Danish
- MLG = Middle Low Thetch
- MNL = Middle Netherlandish
- MHG = Middle High Thetch
- OF = Old Frish
- OS = Old Saxish
- OHG = Old High Thetch
- ON = Old Norse
- GO = Gottish
- PWG = Or-West-Theedish
- PG = Or-Theedish
Other shortenings:
- [ᛣ] = Loanwend
- [ᚹ] = Widened meaning given to a word for the sake of Anglish
- [ᛏ] = Transitive
- [ᚾ] = Intransitive
- [ᚩ] = Old and dead meaning of a living word
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings.
Staffs under English Wordbook/K:
Ka Kb Kc Kd
Ke Kf Kg Kh
Ki Kj Kk Kl Km Kn Ko Kp Kq Kr Ks Kt Ku Kv
Kw Kx Ky Kz
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| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
Ka[] | ||||
| kakistocracy | n | - | worstwield, worstship | |
| kaleidoscope | n | - | shapeglass | |
| Kalends | n | - | Calling | |
| kamikaze | n | daredevil, devil-may-care, hell-for-leather | - | |
| kangaroo | n | boomer | leapdeer | |
| kapok tree | n | - | silk-treewool tree | |
| karaoke | n | sing-along | - | |
| Karling (<OHG) | n(p) | - | (See Carolingian) | |
| Kattegat | n | - | Cat’s Gate, Catsgate; the Gate | |
Ke[] | ||||
| kennel | n | doghouse | deerhouse, deerbower, deershelter | |
| keno | n | - | fiveluck | |
| keno- | pref | empty, idle | - | |
| ketchup | n | - | blooddip, heartdip, loveappledip | |
Ki[] | ||||
| kilig | n | thrill | lovespark, uplift | |
| kilogram | n | - | thousandbit (thousand + bit) | |
| kindergarten (<NHG) |
n | - | childeryard, children's grove, foreskool | |
| kindle (<ON) |
vb | light, tind | tend (<ME tēnden), eal (<OE ǣlan) | |
| kinetic | adj | - | wawsome, wawy | |
| kiosk | n | booth, stall | - | |
Kl[] | ||||
| klepto- | pref | - | stal- (<OE stæl-, such as in stælgiest) | |
| kleptocracy | n | - | thiefdom | |
| kleptomania | n | mad theft | thiefmadness (calque) | |
| kleptomaniac | n | mad thief | thiefmadman (calque) | |
Kn[] | ||||
| knowledgeable | adj | knowledgeful | - | |
Ko[] | ||||
| kowtow | vb | bootlick, fawn | kneelbow | |
| koala | n | - | bagbear (calque of IC pokabjörn), poughbear (see ME poughe), apebear (calque: NE monkey-bear), New Hollandish bear, Great Southern bear, Andlandish bear (<HIC proposal "Andland") | |
| kohl | n | eye makeup | eyelid darkener, eye dust, eye-marker | |
ku[] | ||||
| Ku Klux Klan | n | - | Wheel Club, Ring Club | |
Kr[] | ||||
| krypton | n | - | dernshaft | |
| kryptonite | n | weakness, soft spot | dernshaftstone | |