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Where does “kælder” come from?

kælder (Danish) comes from Old Norse kellari, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

kælder (Danish): cellar, basement

Definitions

  1. cellar, basement

Ancestry of “kælder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekellari—
2Latincellārium—
3Latin-ārium—
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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