Where does “Unkeuschheit” come from?

Unkeuschheit (German) comes from German unkeusch, from German keusch, from Middle High German kiusch, from Old High German chūski, from Finnish kuski, from Swedish kusk, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche — resin.

Unkeuschheit (German): unchastity

Definitions

  1. unchastity

Ancestry of “Unkeuschheit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunkeuschunchaste
2Germankeuschchaste; sexually pure
3Middle High Germankiusch
4Old High Germanchūski
5Finnishkuskidriver
6Swedishkuskdriver, coachman
7GermanKutschercoachman
8GermanKutschecarriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor...
9Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
10Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
11Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
12Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
13Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
14Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
15Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
16Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
17Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
18Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
19Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
20Middle Englishkyt
21Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
22Old High Germankuti
23Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
24Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu
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