Where does “culmen” come from?

culmen (English) comes from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

culmen (English): Top; summit; The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill

Definitions

  1. Top; summit; The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill

Ancestry of “culmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinculmenstalk; top, roof, summit, peak; height, acme
2Proto-Italickolamen—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin culmen →
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