Where does “hederskultur” come from?
hederskultur (Swedish) comes from Swedish kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
hederskultur (Swedish): a culture placing great emphasis on (upholding) (family) honor (especially of some Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practices involving violence against those, especially women, perceived as lessening family honor through breaking cultural norms of (sexual) behavior)
Definitions
- a culture placing great emphasis on (upholding) (family) honor (especially of some Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practices involving violence against those, especially women, perceived as lessening family honor through breaking cultural norms of (sexual) behavior)
Ancestry of “hederskultur”, step by step
hederskultur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kultur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kultur | culture, cultivation; culture, spiritual... |
| 2 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |