Where does “kolt” come from?
kolt (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German kôlt, from Old Saxon kāld, from Proto-Germanic kaldaz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.
kolt (Plautdietsch): cold, frigid
Ancestry of “kolt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | kôlt | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | kāld | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kaldaz | cold |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kalaną | to be cold, to freeze |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |