Where does “couler” come from?

couler (French) comes from Old French couler, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

couler (French): to sink

Definitions

  1. to sink

Ancestry of “couler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoulerto flow
2Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
3Latinquelō—
4Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “couler”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷelō →