Where does “colindă” come from?

colindă (Romanian) comes 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.

colindă (Romanian): Christmas carol

Definitions

  1. Christmas carol

Ancestry of “colindă”, step by step

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

Words derived from “colindă”

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