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)

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

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