Where does “kouter” come from?

kouter (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch couter, from Latin culter, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

kouter (Dutch): colter/coulter; agricultural land, field

Definitions

  1. colter/coulter; agricultural land, field

Ancestry of “kouter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcouter—
2Latinculterknife; razor
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Latin culter →