Where does “kyskhetslöfte” come from?
kyskhetslöfte (Swedish) comes from Swedish kyskhet, from Swedish kysk, from Middle Low German kūsch, from Finnish kuski, from Swedish kusk, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kyskhetslöfte (Swedish): vow of chastity
Definitions
- vow of chastity
Ancestry of “kyskhetslöfte”, step by step
kyskhetslöfte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kyskhet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kyskhet | chastity |
| 2 | Swedish | kysk | chaste |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kūsch | — |
| 4 | Finnish | kuski | driver |
| 5 | Swedish | kusk | driver, coachman |
| 6 | German | Kutscher | coachman |
| 7 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 8 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 9 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 10 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 11 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 12 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 13 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 14 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 15 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 19 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 20 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 21 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 22 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 23 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 24 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 25 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish löfte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | löfte | a promise; a vow |
| 2 | Swedish | Lova | — |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |