Where does “strafkolonie” come from?
strafkolonie (Dutch) comes from German Kolonie, from Middle French colonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
strafkolonie (Dutch): penal colony
Ancestry of “strafkolonie”, step by step