Where does “colúnra” come from?
colúnra (Irish) comes from Irish colún, from Old Irish columa, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.
colúnra (Irish): colonnade
Ancestry of “colúnra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | colún | pillar, column; column; pillar, support; ... |
| 2 | Old Irish | columa | — |
| 3 | Latin | columna | column, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kolamen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |