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

  1. vow of chastity

Ancestry of “kyskhetslöfte”, step by step

kyskhetslöfte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kyskhet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkyskhetchastity
2Swedishkyskchaste
3Middle Low Germankūsch
4Finnishkuskidriver
5Swedishkuskdriver, coachman
6GermanKutschercoachman
7GermanKutschecarriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor...
8Frenchcouchépast participle of coucher; in bed
9Frenchcoucherto lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to...
10Middle Frenchcoucherto put to bed; setting
11Old Frenchcouchierto go to bed; to have sex; bedtime
12Latincollocōto place, put, set in order, assign, arrange
13Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
14Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
15Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
16Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
17Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
18Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
19Middle Englishkyt
20Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
21Old High Germankuti
22Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
23Proto-Germanickweduzresin
24Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
25Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Swedish löfte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlöftea promise; a vow
2SwedishLova
3Swedishafrom
4Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
5Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
6Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
7Old Swedishløpato run
8Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
9Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
10Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-