Where does “Kulturhauptstadt” come from?
Kulturhauptstadt (German) comes from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
Kulturhauptstadt (German): cultural capital
Definitions
- cultural capital
Ancestry of “Kulturhauptstadt”, step by step
Kulturhauptstadt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kultur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kultur | culture |
| 2 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via German Hauptstadt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hauptstadt | capital |
| 2 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 3 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 4 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |