Where does “fuglekoloni” come from?

fuglekoloni (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk koloni, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

fuglekoloni (Norwegian Nynorsk): a bird colony

Definitions

  1. a bird colony

Ancestry of “fuglekoloni”, step by step

fuglekoloni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk koloni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkolonia colony
2LatincolōniaA colony, settlement
3Latincolōnusfarmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil
4Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
5Latinquelō—
6Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Norwegian Nynorsk fugl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfugla bird
2Old Norsefoglbird
3Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
4Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷelō →