Where does “kørekort” come from?

kørekort (Danish) comes from Danish kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kørekort (Danish): driving licence, driver's license

Definitions

  1. driving licence, driver's license

Ancestry of “kørekort”, step by step

kørekort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkortshort; brief; briefly
2Low Germankorta card
3Germankartecard flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc
4Middle High Germankarte—
5Old FrenchcarteAlternative form of chartre
6Latinchartapapyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map
7Frenchcartela cartel
8Italiancartellosign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road...
9Italiancartapaper; map; menu
10Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
11Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
12Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
13Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Danish køre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkøreto drive; to run; drive
2Old Norsekeyrato whip, lash; to ride; to fling
3Proto-Germanickaurijanąto turn, sweep
4Proto-Germanickarjanąto scratch, scrape; to sweep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- →Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσω →Every word from Ancient Greek χάρτης →