Where does “kölnik” come from?
kölnik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kölni, from Hungarian Köln, from German Köln, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
Ancestry of “kölnik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kölni | of Cologne; Cologner; Synonym of kölnivíz |
| 2 | Hungarian | Köln | — |
| 3 | German | Köln | Cologne |
| 4 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 5 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |