Where does “ʻekolu” come from?
ʻekolu (Hawaiian) comes from Finnish kolu, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.
ʻekolu (Hawaiian): three
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ʻekolu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolu | Synonym of kolina |
| 2 | Finnish | kolista | to clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola |
| 3 | Swedish | kö | queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;... |
| 4 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 5 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 6 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 8 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |