Where does “Koelsch” come from?
Koelsch (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.
Ancestry of “Koelsch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kölsch | Kölsch dialect |
| 2 | Central Franconian | Kölsch | Kölsch lect; Kölsch beer |
| 3 | Central Franconian | Kölle | — |
| 4 | English | Collen | — |
| 5 | Old French | coler | collar |
| 6 | Latin | collāre | collar, neckband; chain for the neck |
| 7 | Latin | collāris | neck |
| 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 | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |