Where does “teskefuld” come from?

teskefuld (Danish) comes from Danish teske, from Danish te, from Dutch thee, from Malay teh, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

teskefuld (Danish): teaspoonful

Definitions

  1. teaspoonful

Ancestry of “teskefuld”, step by step

teskefuld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish teske

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtesketeaspoon; teaspoonful
2Danishtetea; behave
3Dutchtheetea
4Malaytehtea
5Malayputihwhite
6Classical Malayputihwhite
7Proto-Malayicputihwhite
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Danish fuld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfuldfull; complete; drunk
2Old Norsefullrfull
3Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →