Where does “colombe” come from?

colombe (Norman) comes from Old French colombe, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

colombe (Norman): dove

Definitions

  1. dove

Ancestry of “colombe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcolombe—
2Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
3Proto-Italickolamen—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin columna →