Where does “colmazo” come from?

colmazo (Galician) comes from Galician colmo, from Latin culmus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

colmazo (Galician): thatched roof; having a thatched roof

Definitions

  1. thatched roof; having a thatched roof

Ancestry of “colmazo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancolmothatch; a sheaf; a thatched roof
2Latinculmusstalk, stem; hay; straw
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Latin culmus →
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