English
kolo
Kolo comes from Serbo-Croatian kolo ‘wheel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kʷólos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷólosreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*kálan‘wheel, circle’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*kolo‘wheel’reconstructed
- Serbo-Croatianmodernkolo‘wheel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1942same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷólosreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*kálan‘wheel, circle’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*kolo‘wheel’reconstructed
- Serbo-Croatianmodernkolo‘wheel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1942same form
Earliest quotation: 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: “As we came to this promenade […] we heard…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷólos
Today it means
noun A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷólos / kolo