Where does “colomí” come from?

colomí (Catalan) comes from Catalan -í, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

colomí (Catalan): squab, young dove

Definitions

  1. squab, young dove

Ancestry of “colomí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-í-ine; -yne
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →