Where does “Gardinenleiste” come from?
Gardinenleiste (German) comes from German Gardine, from Dutch gordijn, from French courtine, from Middle French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina, from Latin cortem — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Gardinenleiste (German): curtain track
Definitions
- curtain track
Ancestry of “Gardinenleiste”, step by step
Gardinenleiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gardine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gardine | thin, translucid curtain covering a window |
| 2 | Dutch | gordijn | curtain; net curtain |
| 3 | French | courtine | curtain |
| 4 | Middle French | courtine | curtain |
| 5 | Old French | cortine | curtain |
| 6 | Late Latin | cortina | cauldron; curtain; curtain |
| 7 | Latin | cortina | cauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,... |
| 8 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 9 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 10 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 11 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 12 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 13 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 14 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 18 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 19 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 20 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 21 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 22 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 24 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |