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)

politeness

Declension

declension of kurteisi

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

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.

[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.