kurfyrste.
an Elector; a prince of the Holy Roman Empire who had the right to participate in the election of the German king, normally the future Holy Roman emperor
Meaning & usage
an Elector; a prince of the Holy Roman Empire who had the right to participate in the election of the German king, normally the future Holy Roman emperor
Kurfyrstene hadde en sentral rolle i valget av rikets hersker.
Where this word comes from
Modelled after German Kurfürst (“Elector”), literally “election prince”, from Kur (“election”) + Fürst (“prince”). German Kur (“election”) is from Middle High German kur, kür (“choice, election”), from Old High German kuri (“choice”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kuʀi (“choice, decision”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to test, taste, choose”). The second element corresponds to Norwegian fyrste (“prince”), from Middle Low German vurste (“prince; literally, first”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”). Compare the parallel formations Norwegian Nynorsk kurfyrste, Danish kurfyrste, Swedish kurfurste, Icelandic kjörfursti, Faroese kjørfúrsti and Dutch keurvorst.
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