Where does “cume” come from?
cume (Galician) comes from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.
cume (Galician): mountain top, summit; ridge, roof top; ridge...
Definitions
- mountain top, summit; ridge, roof top; ridge...
Ancestry of “cume”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | culmen | stalk; top, roof, summit, peak; height, acme |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kolamen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |
Words derived from “cume”