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Where does “Kölsch” come from?

Kölsch (English) comes from German Kölsch, from Central Franconian Kölsch, from Central Franconian Kölle, from English Collen, from Old French coler, from Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from Latin collum.

Kölsch (English): A type of ale brewed in and around Cologne,...

Definitions

  1. A type of ale brewed in and around Cologne,...

Ancestry of “Kölsch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKölschKölsch
2Central FranconianKölschKölsch lect; Kölsch beer
3Central FranconianKölle—
4EnglishCollen—
5Old Frenchcolercollar
6Latincollāre—
7Latincollāris—
8Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
9Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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