Where does “kelda” come from?
kelda (Kristang) comes from Dutch kelder, from Middle Dutch kelre, from Old Dutch kellari, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
kelda (Kristang): tombstone
Definitions
- tombstone
Ancestry of “kelda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kelder | cellar, basement |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kelre | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | kellari | — |
| 4 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 5 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |