Where does “колонный” come from?
колонный (Russian) comes from Russian коло́нна, from Latin columna, from Proto-Italic kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelH- — to freeze.
колонный (Russian): columned
Ancestry of “колонный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | коло́нна | — |
| 2 | Latin | columna | column, pillar; waterspout; column as in a book |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kolamen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelH- | to freeze |