Where does “kolsvart” come from?
kolsvart (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Swedish köl, from Old Swedish kiøl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
kolsvart (Norwegian Nynorsk): pitch-black
Definitions
- pitch-black
Ancestry of “kolsvart”, step by step
kolsvart traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish köl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | köl | keel |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kiøl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 5 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 6 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 7 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 8 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 9 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 10 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 11 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via Swedish svart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | svart | black; illegal; in avoidance of taxes |
| 2 | Old Swedish | svarter | black |
| 3 | Old Norse | svartr | black |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swartaz | black |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swordo- | dirty, dark, black |
via Norwegian Nynorsk kol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kol | coal |