Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “kolina” come from?

kolina (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.

kolina (Finnish): rattle, noise, clatter; lower in pitch than...

Definitions

  1. rattle, noise, clatter; lower in pitch than...

Ancestry of “kolina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolistato clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola
2Swedishköqueue; a line of waiting people or other objects;...
3Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
4Middle Frenchqueu—
5Old Frenchcuetail
6Vulgar Latincodatail
7LatincaudaA tail
8Proto-Italickaudātail
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →