Where does “koluta” come from?
koluta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolu, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.
koluta (Finnish): To scour, ransack, search something
Definitions
- To scour, ransack, search something
Ancestry of “koluta”, step by step
koluta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kolu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolu | Synonym of kolina |
| 2 | Finnish | kolista | to clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola |
| 3 | Swedish | kö | queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;... |
| 4 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 5 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 6 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 8 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |