Where does “lottakår” come from?
lottakår (Swedish) comes from Swedish kår, from French corps, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.
lottakår (Swedish): a women's voluntary defense corps
Definitions
- a women's voluntary defense corps
Ancestry of “lottakår”, step by step
lottakår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kår
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kår | a corps, a corporation, a company, a union, a... |
| 2 | French | corps | body; field; corps |
| 3 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |
via Swedish lotta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lotta | a member of a women's voluntary defense corps, a... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lūta | to cast lots |
| 3 | Old Norse | lúta | to lout, bow down; to bow to in homage or... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lūtaną | to bow down, lout |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewd- | to duck; feign; be low; be small; to cower, hunch... |