Where does “kø” come from?

kø (Danish) comes from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

kø (Danish): queue

Definitions

  1. queue

Ancestry of “kø”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
2Middle Frenchqueu—
3Old Frenchcuetail
4Vulgar Latincodatail
5LatincaudaA tail
6Proto-Italickaudātail
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

Words derived from “kø”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →