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/

Noun

kurteisi f (genitive singular kurteisi, no plural)

  1. politeness

Declension
declension of kurteisi
f-w2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative kurteisi kurteisin
accusative kurteisi kurteisina
dative kurteisi kurteisinni
genitive kurteisi kurteisinnar

References
  1. “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014
  2. The concise dictionary of English etymology, p. 97
  3. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “courtesy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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