Where does “colter” come from?

colter (English) comes from Old English culter, from Latin culter, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

colter (English): A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plow...

Definitions

  1. A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plow...

Ancestry of “colter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishculterA coulter of a plow
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,...

Words derived from “colter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Latin culter →