Where does “колер” come from?
колер (Russian) comes from German Koller, from Middle High German koller, from Old High German kollāri, from Latin collare, from Latin collaris, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.
колер (Russian): colour; staggers
Ancestry of “колер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Koller | tantrum, paddy, fit; staggers, megrim; an unwell... |
| 2 | Middle High German | koller | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kollāri | — |
| 4 | Latin | collare | nominative neuter singular of collāris;... |
| 5 | Latin | collaris | neck; collared |
| 6 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 7 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |