Where does “rökkupé” come from?
rökkupé (Swedish) comes from Swedish kupé, from French coupé, from French couper, from Old French coper, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
rökkupé (Swedish): smoking compartment
Definitions
- smoking compartment
Ancestry of “rökkupé”, step by step
rökkupé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kupé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kupé | compartment, section |
| 2 | French | coupé | Divided into two equal parts horizontally, per... |
| 3 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 4 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |