Where does “kolonialforretning” come from?

kolonialforretning (Danish) comes from Danish kolonial, from Danish koloni, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

kolonialforretning (Danish): A grocery store

Definitions

  1. A grocery store

Ancestry of “kolonialforretning”, step by step

kolonialforretning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kolonial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkolonialcolonial; groceries; grocery store
2Danishkolonicolony
3LatincolōniaA colony, settlement
4Latincolōnusfarmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil
5Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
6Latinquelō
7Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Danish forretning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishforretningstore; business
2Danish-ningAlternative form of -ing; -ing; action of
3Old Norse-ning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō
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