Where does “colún” come from?
colún (Irish) comes from Old Irish columa, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.
colún (Irish): pillar, column; column; pillar, support; ...
Definitions
- pillar, column; column; pillar, support; ...
Ancestry of “colún”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | columa | — |
| 2 | Latin | columna | column, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kolamen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |
Words derived from “colún”