Etymograph

English

kolach

Kolach comes from Slovak koláč ‘kolach (pastry)’, from Proto-Slavic *kȍlo ‘wheel’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷólos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷólosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*kálan‘wheel, circle’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*kȍlo‘wheel’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*kolačь‘a type of bread, pastry’reconstructed
  5. Slovakmodernkoláč‘kolach (pastry)’
  6. Englishtodaykolach

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷólosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*kálan‘wheel, circle’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*kȍlo‘wheel’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*kolačь‘a type of bread, pastry’reconstructed
  5. Slovakmodernkoláč‘kolach (pastry)’
  6. Englishtodaykolach

Linked words

through Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálan ‘wheel, circle’

kolo, 1 more

Today it means

noun A type of pastry that holds a portion of fruit or cheese, surrounded by a puffy cushion of supple dough.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷólos / kolach

Shirt and support for this word