Where does “cholpo” come from?

cholpo (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic kolbô, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Ancestry of “cholpo”, step by step

cholpo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kolbô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickolbô
2Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Proto-Germanic kulba(n)-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickulba(n)-round object

Words derived from “cholpo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-Every word from Proto-Germanic kolbô