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 — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
gardinstång (Swedish): a curtain rod, a curtain pole
Definitions
- a curtain rod, a curtain pole
Ancestry of “gardinstång”, step by step
gardinstång traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gardin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |
| 25 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish stång
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stång | pole; a long and slender piece of metal or wood |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stang | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | stǫng | staff, pole; standard-pole |
| 4 | Latin | stancus | — |
| 5 | Latin | stānticus | tired |
| 6 | Latin | stāns | standing |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |