Where does “colmatura” come from?

colmatura (Italian) comes from Italian colmare, from Italian colmo, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

colmatura (Italian): filling; The replacement of evaporated wine in...

Definitions

  1. filling; The replacement of evaporated wine in...

Ancestry of “colmatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancolmareto fill up to the brim; to fill with soil or...
2Italiancolmofull; summit, top, acme; height
3Latinculmenstalk; top, roof, summit, peak; height, acme
4Proto-Italickolamen—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin culmen →