Chill
Old English cele, ciele ‘cold, coldness’, of Germanic origin; related to cold.
wiktionary
From Middle English chil, chile, from Old English ċiele(“cold; coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *kaliz. Merged with Middle English chele, from Old English cēle(“cold; coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *kōliz, *kōlį̄(“coolness; coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel-(“to be cold”). Related to German Low German Köle, German Kühle, Danish køle, Swedish kyla, Icelandic kylur. Compare also Dutch kil(“chilly; frosty; frigid”). See also cool, cold.
From ch- + will, from ich + will.
etymonline
chill (n.)
Old English ciele, cele "cold, coolness, chill, frost, sensation of suffering from cold, sensation of cold experienced in illness," from Proto-Germanic *kal- "to be cold," from PIE root *gel- "cold; to freeze." In modern use perhaps a back-formation from the verb. Figurative sense "depressing situation or influence" is from 1821 (in Middle English the figurative sense was "suffering, misfortune").
chill (v.)
late 14c., intransitive, "to feel cold, grow cold;" c. 1400, transitive, "to make cold," from chill (n.). Related: Chilled; chilling; chillingly. Figurative use "discourage, dispirit" is from late 14c. Meaning "hang out" first recorded 1985; from earlier chill out "relax" (1979).
Sheila E. sizzles in the new flick, Krush Groove, but some New York critics couldn't groove with it because many of the terms are unfamiliar to them. Examples: breakin' out (slang for leaving), chill (for cool down) and death (for something that's really good). [Jet, Nov. 11, 1985]
