Where does “kuisploeg” come from?

kuisploeg (Dutch) comes from Dutch kuisen, from Middle Dutch cuuschen, from Middle Dutch cuusch, from Latin conscius, from Latin consciō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kuisploeg (Dutch): A team of cleaners

Definitions

  1. A team of cleaners

Ancestry of “kuisploeg”, step by step

kuisploeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kuisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkuisento clean up, render (more) presentable, possibly (auto-)censure
2Middle Dutchcuuschen
3Middle Dutchcuuschchaste
4Latinconsciusconscious
5Latinconsciōto be conscious of, have on one's conscience
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Dutch ploeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchploegteam; crew; plough; coulter
2Middle Dutchploechplough; team
3Old Dutchpluog
4Proto-Germanicplōgazplough
5Proto-Celticɸlowyosrudder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplówyosship
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-