Where does “eierbal” come from?
eierbal (Dutch) comes from Dutch ei, from Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs — ice, frost.
eierbal (Dutch): a type of Scotch egg
Definitions
- a type of Scotch egg
Ancestry of “eierbal”, step by step
eierbal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ei | egg |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ei | egg |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ei | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 5 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 6 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 7 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |
via Dutch bal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bal | a ball or any object with such a shape; testicle,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bal | ball (round object), sphere |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bal | — |
| 4 | Frankish | ball | — |
| 5 | Northern Sami | bállu | testicle, ball |
| 6 | Northern Sami | ballát | to become scared |
| 7 | Proto-Samic | pëlājëtēk | to become scared |
| 8 | Proto-Samic | pëlëtēk | to fear |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | pele- | to fear |