Where does “Kummerkasten” come from?
Kummerkasten (German) comes from German Kummer, from Middle High German kumber, from Old French combre, from Medieval Latin combrus, from Gaulish komberū, from Proto-Celtic kombereti, from Proto-Celtic kom-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Kummerkasten (German): a receptacle for depositing any kind of emotional burden, usually in written form sorrow, worries, anger, discontent, etc
Definitions
- a receptacle for depositing any kind of emotional burden, usually in written form sorrow, worries, anger, discontent, etc
Ancestry of “Kummerkasten”, step by step
Kummerkasten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kummer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kummer | grief, sorrow; trouble |
| 2 | Middle High German | kumber | nuisance, trouble; debris, rubble, obstruction,... |
| 3 | Old French | combre | wooden obstacles on a river; dam; hindrance,... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | combrus | barricade of felled trees; barricade |
| 5 | Gaulish | komberū | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | kombereti | to bring together |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | kom- | with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |