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Where does “colmo” come from?

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

colmo (Galician): thatch; a sheaf; a thatched roof

Definitions

  1. thatch; a sheaf; a thatched roof

Ancestry of “colmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinculmusstalk, stem; hay; straw
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

Words derived from “colmo”

  • colmar
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