kurteisi
Icelandic
Etymology
The word was brought into Icelandic from the Old French curteisie as Icelanders were introduced to chivalric romances in the 13th century,[1] from Old French curteis, from Old French cortois (“courteous”), from Latin cortensis (“related to the court”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰʏr̥teiːsɪ/
Declension
declension of kurteisi
| f-w2 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kurteisi | kurteisin |
| accusative | kurteisi | kurteisina |
| dative | kurteisi | kurteisinni |
| genitive | kurteisi | kurteisinnar |
Related terms
- kurteis (“polite”)
References
- “On Icelandic”, in (please provide the title of the work), accessed 6 September 2011, archived from the original on 2014-03-08
- The concise dictionary of English etymology, p. 97
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “courtesy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “kurteisi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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