Where does “Koolada” come from?

Koolada (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Lada, from Middle Low German ledder, from Old Saxon hlēderi, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic hlaidrijō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.

Koolada (Plautdietsch): cowhide

Definitions

  1. cowhide

Ancestry of “Koolada”, step by step

Koolada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Lada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschLadaladder
2Middle Low Germanledder—
3Old Saxonhlēderi—
4Proto-West Germanic*hlaidrijuladder
5Proto-Germanichlaidrijōladder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Plautdietsch Koo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKoocow
2Middle Low Germankô—
3Old Saxonkōcow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- →