Where does “spisekammer” come from?
spisekammer (Danish) comes from German Speisekammer, from German Speise, from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere — stretch.
spisekammer (Danish): pantry, larder
Definitions
- pantry, larder
Ancestry of “spisekammer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Speisekammer | pantry; larder |
| 2 | German | Speise | meal, fare |
| 3 | Middle High German | spīse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spīsa | meal |
| 5 | Latin | spensa | outlay for provisions, food |
| 6 | Latin | expēnsa | — |
| 7 | Latin | expensus | weighed; paid; judged |
| 8 | Latin | expendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 9 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 10 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 11 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 13 | Latin | tempore | ablative singular of tempus |
| 14 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |