Where does “kolahtaminen” come from?
kolahtaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolahtaa, from Finnish kolata, from Finnish kola, from Swedish köl, from Old Swedish kiøl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela — beside, near, by, with.
Ancestry of “kolahtaminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolahtaa | to clunk, clonk, slam |
| 2 | Finnish | kolata | to remove snow with a kola, a hand tool for... |
| 3 | Finnish | kola | snow sled shovel, snow sleigh shovel; cola |
| 4 | Swedish | köl | keel |
| 5 | Old Swedish | kiøl | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 8 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 9 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 10 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 11 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 12 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 13 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 14 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |