Where does “coltellejar” come from?

coltellejar (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.

coltellejar (Catalan): to knife stab or slash with a knife

Definitions

to knife stab or slash with a knife

Ancestry of “coltellejar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	coltell	knife
2	Latin	cultellus	small knife; dagger
3	Latin	-lus	Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4	Proto-Italic	-elos	Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5	Proto-Indo-European	-e-lós	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-lós	Forms agent nouns from verbal roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin cultellus →