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Where does “kolata” come from?

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

kolata (Finnish): to remove snow with a kola, a hand tool for...

Definitions

  1. to remove snow with a kola, a hand tool for...

Ancestry of “kolata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolasnow sled shovel, snow sleigh shovel; cola
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—
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