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 n (genitive singular kurteisi, no plural)

  1. politeness

Declension
declension of kurteisi
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kurteisi kurteisið kurteisi kurteisin
accusative kurteisi kurteisið kurteisi kurteisin
dative kurteisi kurteisinu kurteisum kurteisunum
genitive kurteisis kurteisisins kurteisa kurteisanna

References
  1. “On Icelandic”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 6 September 2011, archived from the original on 2014-03-08
  2. The concise dictionary of English etymology, p. 97
  3. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “courtesy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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