Where does “Kurköln” come from?
Kurköln (German) comes from German Köln, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Kurköln (German): Electoral Cologne
Definitions
- Electoral Cologne
Ancestry of “Kurköln”, step by step
Kurköln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Köln
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Köln | Cologne |
| 2 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 3 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 4 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 5 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via German Kür
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kür | choice; free skating |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kure | — |
| 3 | Arabic | كره | to be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to... |
| 4 | Arabic | كُرَة | ball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a... |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎹𐎢𐎴 | Ionia |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἴων | one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰᾱ́ϝων | Ionian |