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

kolari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kolare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkolarea charcoal-burner, a person who produces charcoal...
2Swedishkölkeel
3Old Swedishkiøl—
4Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
5Proto-Norsekelu-—
6FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
7FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
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—

via Swedish kollision

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkollisiona collision

Words derived from “kolari”

Every word from Middle English kyt →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm →