Where does “Kuschelkurs” come from?
Kuschelkurs (German) comes from German kuscheln, from German kuschen, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Kuschelkurs (German): friendly overtures; cosying up
Definitions
- friendly overtures; cosying up
Ancestry of “Kuschelkurs”, step by step
Kuschelkurs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kuscheln
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kuscheln | to cuddle |
| 2 | German | kuschen | to lie down |
| 3 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 4 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 5 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 6 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Kurs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 2 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 3 | Russian | курс | course, year; course, vector; exchange rate |
| 4 | Spanish | curso | course, trajectory, route, direction; class,... |
| 5 | Catalan | cursar | To attend; to enrol |
| 6 | Latin | curso | I run around; I run hither and thither; dative... |
| 7 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |