Where does “queerteori” come from?

queerteori (Danish) comes from Danish queer, from English queer, from Middle Low German queer, from Old Saxon thwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic þwerhaz, from Proto-Germanic þerh-, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

queerteori (Danish): queer theory

Definitions

  1. queer theory

Ancestry of “queerteori”, step by step

queerteori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish queer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishqueerqueer not confirming to conventional sexual or gender norms
2EnglishqueerWeird, odd or different; whimsical; Slightly...
3Middle Low Germanqueeroblique, off-center
4Old Saxonthwerhcontrary, against; bent, crooked
5Proto-Germanic*þwerh—
6Proto-Germanicþwerhazcross, adverse
7Proto-Germanicþerh-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

via Danish teori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishteoritheory
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þerh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwerhaz →