Where does “culant” come from?

culant (Romanian) comes from French coulant, from French couler, from Old French couler, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

culant (Romanian): flowing

Definitions

  1. flowing

Ancestry of “culant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoulantflowing; fluid; loop
2Frenchcoulerto sink
3Old Frenchcoulerto flow
4Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
5Latinquelō—
6Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷelō →
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