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
- A type of ale brewed in and around Cologne,...
Ancestry of “Kölsch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Kölsch | Kölsch |
| 2 | Central Franconian | Kölsch | Kölsch lect; Kölsch beer |
| 3 | Central Franconian | Kölle | — |
| 4 | English | Collen | — |
| 5 | Old French | coler | collar |
| 6 | Latin | collāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | collāris | — |
| 8 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 9 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |