Where does “Kolesar” come from?
Kolesar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English wheelwright, from Middle English whelwryght, from Middle English wrighte, from Old English wyrhta, from Proto-West Germanic wurhtijō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Kolesar (Serbo-Croatian): wheelwright
Definitions
- wheelwright
Ancestry of “Kolesar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wheelwright | A person who builds and repairs wheels,... |
| 2 | Middle English | whelwryght | A person employed in building and maintaining... |
| 3 | Middle English | wrighte | — |
| 4 | Old English | wyrhta | a worker; a maker of something |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wurhtijō | worker, workman |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |