Where does “gardinstång” come from?
gardinstång (Swedish) comes from Swedish gardin, from Low German Gardine, from Dutch gardine, from French courtine, from Middle French courtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cortina — resin, gum; to say, speak.
gardinstång (Swedish): a curtain rod, a curtain pole
Definitions
- a curtain rod, a curtain pole
Ancestry of “gardinstång”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | gardin | a curtain |
| 2 | Low German | Gardine | — |
| 3 | Dutch | gardine | — |
| 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 |