Where does “stracolmo” come from?

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

stracolmo (Italian): bulging or bursting at the seams (with)

Definitions

  1. bulging or bursting at the seams (with)

Ancestry of “stracolmo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancolmofull; summit, top, acme; height
2Latinculmenstalk; top, roof, summit, peak; height, acme
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin culmen →