Where does “fruitmand” come from?
fruitmand (Dutch) comes from Dutch mand, from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch manda, from Proto-West Germanic mandu, from Portuguese Manuel, from Spanish Manuel, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּ אֵל — God is with us.
fruitmand (Dutch): fruit basket
Definitions
- fruit basket
Ancestry of “fruitmand”, step by step
fruitmand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch mand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mand | basket |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | mande | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | manda | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mandu | basket |
| 5 | Portuguese | Manuel | — |
| 6 | Spanish | Manuel | derived from biblical Emanuel |
| 7 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּאֵל | — |
| 8 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּ אֵל | God is with us |
via Dutch fruit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fruit | fruit produced by trees or bushes, or any sweet vegetable; only literal sense |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | fruut | — |
| 3 | Old French | fruit | fruit |
| 4 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |