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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

gill1 organ of respiration in fishes. XIV. — ON. *gil :- Gmc. *ʒeliz rel. to Gr. khelūnē lip, jaw, kheîlos lip.

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