Where does “columnă” come from?

columnă (Romanian) comes from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.

columnă (Romanian): column

Definitions

  1. column

Ancestry of “columnă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincolumnacolumn, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book
2Proto-Italickolamen—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱelH-to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- →Every word from Proto-Italic kolamen →Every word from Latin columna →