Where does “kontur” come from?
kontur (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian contorno, from French contour, from French contourner, from Vulgar Latin contornare, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kontur (Norwegian Nynorsk): contour, outline
Ancestry of “kontur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | contorno | contour, outline; vegetables; first-person... |
| 2 | French | contour | contour |
| 3 | French | contourner | to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | contornare | — |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | — |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |