Where does “tomatsuppe” come from?

tomatsuppe (Danish) comes from Danish tomat, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomatsuppe (Danish): tomato soup

Definitions

  1. tomato soup

Ancestry of “tomatsuppe”, step by step

tomatsuppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish tomat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishtomatA tomato
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

via Danish suppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsuppesoup; broth
2Low Germansuppe—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →