Where does “culter” come from?

culter (English) comes from English colter, 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,...

culter (English): Obsolete form of colter

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of colter

Ancestry of “culter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolterA knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plow...
2Old EnglishculterA coulter of a plow
3Latinculterknife; razor
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH- →Every word from Latin culter →