Etymology Explorer › Proto-Indo-European

Where does “kʷolo-” come from?

kʷolo- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

kʷolo- (Proto-Indo-European): turn around

Definitions

  1. turn around

Ancestry of “kʷolo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “kʷolo-”

  • polar
  • bipolar
  • unipolar
  • nonpolar
  • multipolar
  • dipolar
  • circumpolar
  • monopolar
  • polecat
  • unipolarity
  • apolar
  • subpolar
  • epipolar
  • polaron
  • ambipolar
  • polariscope
  • frontopolar
  • tripolar
  • interpolar
  • homopolar
  • extrapolar
  • quadripolar
  • semipolar
  • micropolar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →