Where does “cotelâ” come from?

cotelâ (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian cotéllo, from Latin cultellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

cotelâ (Ligurian): A stab with a knife

Definitions

  1. A stab with a knife

Ancestry of “cotelâ”, step by step

cotelâ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ligurian cotéllo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Liguriancotélloknife
2Latincultellussmall knife; dagger
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Ligurian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianathe; in; at
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin cultellus →