Where does “кола” come from?

кола (Bulgarian) comes from Italian colla, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à — accusative masculine plural of -us.

кола (Bulgarian): cart, wagon; cartload; car, motorcar, automobile,...

Definitions

  1. cart, wagon; cartload; car, motorcar, automobile,...

Ancestry of “кола”, step by step

кола traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian colla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancollaglue or similar sticky material; size; A rope...
2Italianthere
3Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
4Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
5GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
6Germana-MollA-minor
7Hungarianathe; this; that
8Frenchàto; on the, to; at
9Englishavieemulously
10Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
11Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
12Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
13Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us

via English COLA

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCOLAAcronym of cost of living adjustment
2Spanishcolatail
3Vulgar Latincodatail
4LatincaudaA tail
5Proto-Italickaudātail
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂

via Proto-Slavic kȍlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickȍlowheel
2Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Old Latin -osEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin invidus
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