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English
Noun
colostra
- plural of colostrum
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin;[1] proposed derivations include:
- From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwel-, common to Old English hwylca (“varix”), hwelian (“to suppurate”) and Lithuanian švelnùs (“soft, smooth”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (“to swell”), thereby cognate with Latin cavus (“hollow”), Old Norse hváll (“round hill”) and Armenian շեղջ (šeġǰ, “heap, pile”).
- Assuming an earlier *corostra which underwent dissimilation, akin to Sanskrit शर (śara, “sour cream”) and शरस् (śáras, “film on cooked milk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂os (“decay, rot > sour milk”), from the root *ḱerh₂- (“to break, decay”), thereby cognate also with Proto-Celtic *kerati (“to fall”), Ancient Greek κεραΐζω (keraḯzō, “to ravage, plunder”), and Sanskrit शृणाति (śṛṇā́ti, “to crush”).[2]
- Related to colōr (“color”) (< *"cover"); however, this is semantically and morphologically difficult.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
colostra f (genitive colostrae); first declension
colostra n pl (genitive colostrōrum); second declension
- colostrum, beestings
- used as a term of endearment
- a certain kind of fancy dish
Declension
First-declension noun.
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Descendants
References
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “colostra”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 247
- ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960–1972) “πῡός 2.”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “colustra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
Further reading
- “colostra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colostra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.