Where does “mirakelkur” come from?
mirakelkur (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kur, from French cour, from Middle French court, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
mirakelkur (Norwegian Nynorsk): a miracle cure
Definitions
- a miracle cure
Ancestry of “mirakelkur”, step by step
mirakelkur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk kur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kur | a cure, treatment; court |
| 2 | French | cour | courtyard, yard; court; following |
| 3 | Middle French | court | court (of law) |
| 4 | Old French | cort | court |
| 5 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 6 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 7 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Mirakel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mirakel | miracle |
| 2 | Latin | mīrāculum | — |
| 3 | Latin | -culum | nominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |