Where does “Cwleneg” come from?
Cwleneg (Welsh) comes from Welsh Cwlen, from Middle English Coloyne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
Cwleneg (Welsh): Kölsch (language variety spoken in the German city of Cologne)
Definitions
- Kölsch (language variety spoken in the German city of Cologne)
Ancestry of “Cwleneg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | Cwlen | — |
| 2 | Middle English | Coloyne | — |
| 3 | Old French | Cologne | — |
| 4 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 5 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |