Where does “hittegodskontor” come from?
hittegodskontor (Danish) comes from Danish kontor, from Middle Low German kontōr, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre, from Latin computō — resin.
hittegodskontor (Danish): lost property office
Definitions
- lost property office
Ancestry of “hittegodskontor”, step by step
hittegodskontor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish kontor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | kontor | office |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kontōr | commercial branch; writing room; counting desk |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cantoor | — |
| 4 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 5 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 6 | Old French | compter | — |
| 7 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Danish hittegods
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | hittegods | lost property |
| 2 | Danish | gods | goods, freight, stores; property; estate |
| 3 | German | Guss | casting; downpour |
| 4 | Middle High German | guʒ | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | Guti | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | geutan | to pour |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | geutaną | to pour |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰewd- | to pour |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰew- | to pour |