Where does “sprøjtepose” come from?

sprøjtepose (Danish) comes from Danish sprøjte, from Danish spøjte, from Dutch spuit, from Middle Dutch spoyte.

sprøjtepose (Danish): a pastry bag; a bag with a hole in it for extruding soft foodstuffs such as whipped cream and meringue

Definitions

  1. a pastry bag; a bag with a hole in it for extruding soft foodstuffs such as whipped cream and meringue

Ancestry of “sprøjtepose”, step by step

sprøjtepose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish sprøjte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsprøjtea device with a pressure chamber and a narrow opening for squirting or drawing fluid; syringe, squirt
2Danishspøjte—
3Dutchspuitspout; needle, syringe; injection, jab
4Middle Dutchspoyte—

via Danish pose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishposebag
2Old Norseposipurse, bag; bag, purse
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip
Every word from Middle Dutch spoyte →