Where does “coltrui” come from?
coltrui (Dutch) comes from Dutch cōl, from French cōl, from Old French cōl, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
coltrui (Dutch): turtleneck sweater
Definitions
- turtleneck sweater
Ancestry of “coltrui”, step by step
coltrui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch cōl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cōl | (clothing) collar |
| 2 | French | cōl | collar |
| 3 | Old French | cōl | neck |
| 4 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 5 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |