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
- to remove snow with a kola, a hand tool for...
Ancestry of “kolata”, step by step
kolata traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kola | snow sled shovel, snow sleigh shovel; cola |
| 2 | Swedish | köl | keel |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kiøl | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 6 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 9 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 10 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 11 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 12 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
via Swedish kola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kola | toffee; a piece of toffee; taste of caramel; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | kuolla | to die |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kooldak | to die |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kale- | to die |
via Proto-Finnic kolat'ak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | kolat'ak | — |