Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “ko” come from?

ko (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.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “ko”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ko”

  • köa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →