Where does “ꦏꦱ” come from?
ꦏꦱ (Javanese) comes from Dutch koetsier, from German Kutschier, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier — whale, sea monster; abyss.
Ancestry of “ꦏꦱ”, step by step
ꦏꦱ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch koetsier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | koetsier | coach driver, coacher |
| 2 | German | Kutschier | — |
| 3 | German | Kutscher | coachman |
| 4 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 5 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 6 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 7 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 8 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 9 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 18 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Old Javanese kaharṣa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | kaharṣa | desire, wish |
| 2 | Old Javanese | harṣa | joy, pleasure, delight |
| 3 | Sanskrit | हर्ष | joy, pleasure, happiness; bristling, erection;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | हृष् | to be excited or impatient or anxious, rejoice in the prospect of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰers- | stiff; surprised |