Where does “konkursa” come from?
konkursa (Swedish) comes from Esperanto konkurso, from French concours, from Russian ко́нкурс, from Spanish concurso, from Latin concursus, from Latin concurrō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
konkursa (Swedish): to go bankrupt
Definitions
- to go bankrupt
Ancestry of “konkursa”, step by step
konkursa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto konkurso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | konkurso | contest, competition |
| 2 | French | concours | competition; contest; competitive examination;... |
| 3 | Russian | ко́нкурс | competition |
| 4 | Spanish | concurso | concourse; competition; game show |
| 5 | Latin | concursus | flocked; concurred; coincided |
| 6 | Latin | concurrō | to run with others, flock together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |