Where does “kölsch” come from?
kölsch (German) comes from Central Franconian kölsch, from German Köln, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
kölsch (German): of or pertaining to Cologne; of or pertaining to...
Definitions
- of or pertaining to Cologne; of or pertaining to...
Ancestry of “kölsch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Franconian | kölsch | of or pertaining to Cologne |
| 2 | German | Köln | Cologne |
| 3 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 4 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 5 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 6 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |