komedie
Danish
[kʰoˈmeðˀjə]
noun
Definitions
- (drama) comedy
- farce, bad behaviour
Etymology
Borrowed from German Komödie (comedy) borrowed from Latin cōmoedia borrowed from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (comedy), κῶμος (revel) + Ancient Greek ἀοιδός (singer).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀοιδός
Gloss
singer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- komedia Finnish
- auloedus Latin
- citharoedus Latin
- comoedia Latin
- cōmoedia Latin
- Komödie German
- aedo Italian
- auledo Italian
- commedia Italian
- komedie Dutch, Flemish
- aède French
- комедия Russian
- aedo Spanish, Castilian
- comedia Spanish, Castilian
- κωμικός Ancient Greek
- κωμῳδία Ancient Greek
- κῶμος Ancient Greek
- ἀοιδός Ancient Greek
- *ḱómso- Proto-Indo-European
- tragedie Danish
- komedie Czech
- comedie Old French
- comèdia Catalan, Valencian
- kómedía Icelandic
- comedia Galician
- komēdija Latvian
- אפיקומן Hebrew (modern)
- comedia Occitan