Where does “kultakolikko” come from?

kultakolikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolikko, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.

kultakolikko (Finnish): gold coin

Definitions

  1. gold coin

Ancestry of “kultakolikko”, step by step

kultakolikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolikkocoin
2Finnishkolistato clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola
3Swedishqueue; a line of waiting people or other objects;...
4Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
5Middle Frenchqueu
6Old Frenchcuetail
7Vulgar Latincodatail
8LatincaudaA tail
9Proto-Italickaudātail
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂

via Finnish kulta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkultagold; gold medal; darling, dear, baby
2Proto-Finnickultagold
3Proto-Germanicgulþągold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂