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
- cellar, basement
Ancestry of “kælder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | kellari | — |
| 2 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |