Where does “kuski” come from?
kuski (Finnish) comes from Swedish kusk, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kuski (Finnish): driver
Definitions
- driver
Ancestry of “kuski”, step by step
kuski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kusk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kusk | driver, coachman |
| 2 | German | Kutscher | coachman |
| 3 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 4 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 5 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 6 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 7 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 8 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin conscius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | conscius | conscious |
| 2 | Latin | consciō | to be conscious of, have on one's conscience |
| 3 | Latin | sciō | to be able to, to know, understand, to have practical knowledge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |