Where does “militærkupp” come from?

militærkupp (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kupp, from French coup, from Old French colp, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

militærkupp (Norwegian Bokmål): a military coup

Definitions

  1. a military coup

Ancestry of “militærkupp”, step by step

militærkupp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kupp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkuppa coup
2Frenchcoupblow, hit, strike; fast and instantaneous action;...
3Old Frenchcolpstrike; hit
4Latincolpusstroke; strike; hit
5Ancient Greekκόλποςbosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelp-to bend; to curve, arch
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Norwegian Bokmål militær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålmilitærmilitary
2LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp- →Every word from Ancient Greek κόλπος →