Reconstruction:Latin/colmena

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Celtic *kŏlmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”), and cognate with Latin culmus (“stalk; straw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolˈmena/

Noun

*colmēna f (plural *colmēnās) (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. beehive

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: colmẽa
  • Fala: colmea
  • Galician: colmea
  • Portuguese: colmeia
• Spanish: colmena

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “colmena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 137