Where does “Kuschel” come from?
Kuschel (English) comes from German Kuschel, from German kuscheln, from German kuschen, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Ancestry of “Kuschel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kuschel | — |
| 2 | German | kuscheln | to cuddle |
| 3 | German | kuschen | to lie down |
| 4 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 5 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 6 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 7 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |