Where does “colind” come from?

colind (Romanian) comes from Romanian colindă, from Proto-Slavic kolęda, from Latin Kalendae, from Proto-Italic kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

colind (Romanian): carol

Definitions

  1. carol

Ancestry of “colind”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniancolindăChristmas carol
2Proto-Slavickolędacalends; New Year; carol
3LatinKalendaeKalends, first day of the month
4Proto-Italickalēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “colind”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic kalēō →Every word from Latin Kalendae →