Kilt Definition
Other Word Forms of Kilt
Noun
Origin of Kilt
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Apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilt (“to tuck”), Swedish kilta (“to swathe”), Old Norse kjalta (“skirt; lap”) (perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kelt-, *kelþōn, *kelþīn (“womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“round body, child”)).
From Wiktionary
From kilt to tuck up from Middle English kilten of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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