Where does “Old Swiss Confederacy” come from?
Old Swiss Confederacy (English) comes from English confederacy, from Old French confederacie, from Latin confoederatio, from Latin cōnfoederō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Old Swiss Confederacy (English): A loose confederation of independent small states from 1291 to 1798
Definitions
- A loose confederation of independent small states from 1291 to 1798
Ancestry of “Old Swiss Confederacy”, step by step
Old Swiss Confederacy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English confederacy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | confederacy | An alliance; A state where the sovereign... |
| 2 | Old French | confederacie | — |
| 3 | Latin | confoederatio | a covenant, agreement |
| 4 | Latin | cōnfoederō | to unite or join by a league |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Swiss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Swiss | Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the... |
| 2 | Middle French | Suisse | male Swiss person |
| 3 | Middle High German | Swīzer | male person from the valley or the town of Schwyz |
| 4 | Middle High German | Swīz | the valley or the town of Schwyz; Schwyz |
| 5 | Old High German | Suittes | the town of Schwyz |
| 6 | Old High German | swīdan | to burn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | swīþan | to burn, to singe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swīþaną | to burn, singe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swey- | to twist, swing; to hiss; whistle; to swing,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |