Where does “colleja” come from?
colleja (Spanish) comes from Spanish cuello, from Old Spanish cuello, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
colleja (Spanish): campion; slap on the nape
Definitions
- campion; slap on the nape
Ancestry of “colleja”, step by step
colleja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cuello
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cuello | neck; collar |
| 2 | Old Spanish | cuello | neck |
| 3 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Latin cauliculus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cauliculus | small cabbage; stalk, stem |
| 2 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |