Where does “coltellada” come from?

coltellada (Catalan) comes from Catalan coltell, from Latin cultellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

coltellada (Catalan): stab, cut

Definitions

  1. stab, cut

Ancestry of “coltellada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancoltellknife
2Latincultellussmall knife; dagger
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin cultellus →