Where does “colassù” come from?
colassù (Italian) comes from Italian colà, from Italian Nicola, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος, from Ancient Greek λᾱός, from Proto-Hellenic lāwós, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂wos, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- — to bark, howl; to be concealed.
colassù (Italian): up there
Definitions
- up there
Ancestry of “colassù”, step by step
colassù traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian colà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | colà | there |
| 2 | Italian | Nicola | — |
| 3 | Latin | Nīcolāus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Νικόλαος | Nicolas |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λᾱός | people; men; the people |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | lāwós | people, crowd |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂wos | people |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂- | to bark, howl; to be concealed |
via Italian sù
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sù | Misspelling of su |
| 2 | Latin | sursum | above; upwards, up |
| 3 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 4 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |