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Where does “kolari” come from?

kolari (Finnish) comes from Swedish kolare, from Swedish köl, from Old Swedish kiøl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä.

kolari (Finnish): crash, collision, especially an automobile...

Definitions

  1. crash, collision, especially an automobile...

Ancestry of “kolari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkolarea charcoal-burner, a person who produces charcoal...
2Swedishkölkeel
3Old Swedishkiøl—
4Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
5Proto-Norsekelu-—
6FinnishKela—
7FinnishKansaneläkelaitos—
8Finnishkänsäcallus
9Finnishkanssawith; also, too
10Finnishkansassa—
11Finnishkansapeople; nation
12Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
13Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt—

Words derived from “kolari”

  • nokikolari
  • kuolonkolari
  • ohituskolari
  • nokkakolari
  • peltikolari
  • autokolari
  • ketjukolari
Every word from Middle English kyt →