Where does “kolebra” come from?
kolebra (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish culebra, from Old Spanish culuebra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
kolebra (Papiamentu): snake, serpent
Definitions
- snake, serpent
Ancestry of “kolebra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | culebra | snake, serpent; snake; a small snake |
| 2 | Old Spanish | culuebra | snake, serpent |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | colobra | — |
| 4 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |