Where does “kyskhet” come from?
kyskhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish kysk, from Middle Low German kūsch, from Finnish kuski, from Swedish kusk, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kyskhet (Swedish): chastity
Ancestry of “kyskhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | kysk | chaste |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kūsch | — |
| 3 | Finnish | kuski | driver |
| 4 | Swedish | kusk | driver, coachman |
| 5 | German | Kutscher | coachman |
| 6 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 7 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 8 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 9 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 10 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 11 | Latin | collocō | — |
| 12 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 13 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 14 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 18 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 19 | German | kitt | — |
| 20 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 21 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 22 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 24 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “kyskhet”