Where does “kolonist” come from?
kolonist (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.
kolonist (Norwegian Nynorsk): a colonist, settler
Ancestry of “kolonist”, step by step