Where does “flødeskum” come from?
flødeskum (Danish) comes from Danish fløde, from Old Norse flœða, from Proto-Germanic flōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
flødeskum (Danish): whipped cream
Definitions
- whipped cream
Ancestry of “flødeskum”, step by step
flødeskum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish fløde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fløde | cream; to raft, float; to flood, be flood tide |
| 2 | Old Norse | flœða | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flōdijaną | to flood |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |