Spanish colmena

← Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā (derived)

← Proto-Celtic *kŏlmos (mention)

← Galician colmea (cognate)

← Latin *culmēnus (mention)

← Latin culmus (derived)

← Portuguese colmeia (cognate)

→ Spanish colmenar (suffix)

→ Spanish colmenero (affix)

→ Galician colmea (cognate)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl cormiena (borrowed)

→ Portuguese colmeia (cognate)

→ Central Tarahumara kolimena (borrowed)