Where does “kö” come from?

kö (Swedish) comes from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

kö (Swedish): queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;...

Definitions

  1. queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;...

Ancestry of “kö”, step by step

kö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French queue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
2Middle Frenchqueu—
3Old Frenchcuetail
4Vulgar Latincodatail
5LatincaudaA tail
6Proto-Italickaudātail
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

via Old Norse ko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekocow
2Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

Words derived from “kö”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →