Where does “kölhala” come from?
kölhala (Swedish) comes from Swedish köl, from Old Swedish kiøl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
kölhala (Swedish): to careen (tilt to one side to expose the bottom for repairs or the like)
Definitions
- to careen (tilt to one side to expose the bottom for repairs or the like)
Ancestry of “kölhala”, step by step
kölhala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish köl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | köl | keel |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kiøl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 5 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 6 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 7 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 8 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 9 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 10 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 11 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via Swedish håla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | håla | a deep hole or cavity; a cave; a place where... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | halen | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | halōn | to get |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |