Where does “kolač” come from?

kolač (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic kolačь, from Proto-Slavic kȍlo, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

kolač (Serbo-Croatian): cake; pastry; traditional Serbian bread

Definitions

  1. cake; pastry; traditional Serbian bread

Ancestry of “kolač”, step by step

kolač traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic kolačь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickolačьa type of bread, pastry
2Proto-Slavickȍlowheel
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Proto-Slavic kolьcь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickolьcь—

Words derived from “kolač”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Slavic kȍlo →Every word from Proto-Slavic kolačь →