Where does “Kulturdenkmal” come from?

Kulturdenkmal (German) comes from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

Kulturdenkmal (German): ancient monument, cultural property

Definitions

  1. ancient monument, cultural property

Ancestry of “Kulturdenkmal”, step by step

Kulturdenkmal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kultur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKulturculture
2Latincultūracare, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry
3Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
4Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
6Latinquelo
7Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via German Denkmal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDenkmalmonument, memorial
2Germanmāl
3Middle High Germanmāl
4Old High Germanmāla time; spot, stain
5Proto-West Germanicmāltime, occasion; mealtime
6Proto-Germanicmēląmeasure, measurement; time, occasion; point in...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-