Etymology

Kolodei

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Russian колодей ← Ukrainian колодій ← Czech koloděj
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*kolodějь
  2. Slovak · derived fromkolodej
  3. Czech · derived fromkoloděj
  4. Ukrainian · derived fromколодій
  5. Russian · derived fromколодей
  6. English todayKolodei

From Russian колодей (kolodej), Ukrainian колодій (kolodij), Czech koloděj, or Slovak kolodej. Less commonly, a respelling of Kolodziej. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolodějь.

Words from the same roots

Russianколодей all →

Czechkoloděj all →

Slovakkolodej all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.