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Where does “calèche” come from?

calèche (Dutch) comes from French calèche, from Czech kolesa, from Proto-Slavic kȍlo, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

calèche (Dutch): light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn open carriage...

Definitions

  1. light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn open carriage...

Ancestry of “calèche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalèchecalèche, carriage
2Czechkolesa—
3Proto-Slavickȍlo—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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