Where does “koltrast” come from?
koltrast (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...
koltrast (Swedish): blackbird
Ancestry of “koltrast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | köl | keel |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kiøl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 5 | Finnish | Kela | — |
| 6 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | — |
| 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... |