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

Definitions

  1. pillar, column

Ancestry of “colún”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcoluma—
2Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze

Words derived from “colún”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin columna →