Where does “kuskaus” come from?

kuskaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuskata, from Swedish kuska, from Swedish kusk, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

kuskaus (Finnish): driving, transporting, conveying

Definitions

  1. driving, transporting, conveying

Ancestry of “kuskaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuskataTo drive, convey
2Swedishkuskato drive
3Swedishkuskdriver, coachman
4GermanKutschercoachman
5GermanKutschecarriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor...
6Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
7Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
8Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
9Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
10Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
11Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
12Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
13Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
14Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt
18Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
Every word from Middle Dutch kitteEvery word from Latin cōn-Every word from Middle English kyt
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