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Where does “culter” come from?

culter (Old English) comes from Latin culter, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Ancestry of “culter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinculterknife; razor
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

Words derived from “culter”

  • colter
  • culter
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