Where does “chokoladejulekalender” come from?
chokoladejulekalender (Danish) comes from Danish chokolade, from German Schokolade, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.
chokoladejulekalender (Danish): an Advent calendar with a small piece of chocolate behind each door
Definitions
- an Advent calendar with a small piece of chocolate behind each door
Ancestry of “chokoladejulekalender”, step by step
chokoladejulekalender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish chokolade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | chokolade | chocolate; chocolate, cocoa |
| 2 | German | Schokolade | chocolate; cocoa drink |
| 3 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 4 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 5 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 6 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |
via Danish julekalender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | julekalender | an Advent calendar; a calendar counting the first 24 days of December, often in the form of a scratch card or with a small piece of chocolate behind each door (a chokoladejulekalender) |
| 2 | Danish | Jul | Christmas the time around 25 December |
| 3 | Old Swedish | iūl | yule, midwinter season |
| 4 | Old Norse | jól | yule, midwinter season |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jehwlą | festivity, celebration; Yule |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yekə- | joke, play |