Where does “gardin” come from?
gardin (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Classical Latin cortina, from German Gardine, from Dutch gordijn, from French courtine, from Middle French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina — resin, gum; to say, speak.
gardin (Norwegian Bokmål): a curtain
Ancestry of “gardin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Latin | cortina | — |
| 2 | German | Gardine | thin, translucid curtain covering a window |
| 3 | Dutch | gordijn | curtain; net curtain |
| 4 | French | courtine | curtain |
| 5 | Middle French | courtine | curtain |
| 6 | Old French | cortine | curtain |
| 7 | Late Latin | cortina | cauldron; curtain; curtain |
| 8 | Latin | cortina | cauldron, kettle; the sacred tripod of Apollo,... |
| 9 | Latin | cortem | accusative singular of cōrs |
| 10 | Latin | cors | Alternative form of cohors; farmyard or... |
| 11 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 12 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 13 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 14 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 15 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 19 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 20 | German | kitt | — |
| 21 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 22 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 23 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 24 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |