Where does “beanie-weenies” come from?
beanie-weenies (English) comes from English wiener, from English wienerwurst, from German Wienerwurst, from German wiener, from German Wien, from Middle High German Wienne, from Old High German Wienna, from Latin Vedunia — two.
beanie-weenies (English): A dish resembling pork and beans, but with hot...
Definitions
- A dish resembling pork and beans, but with hot...
Ancestry of “beanie-weenies”, step by step
beanie-weenies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wiener
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wiener | A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork; A... |
| 2 | English | wienerwurst | Vienna sausage |
| 3 | German | Wienerwurst | Alternative form of Wiener Wurst; Viennese... |
| 4 | German | wiener | of Vienna |
| 5 | German | Wien | Vienna |
| 6 | Middle High German | Wienne | — |
| 7 | Old High German | Wienna | — |
| 8 | Latin | Vedunia | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | widus | wood, trees |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁- | to separate, divide |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via English bean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bean | Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic... |
| 2 | Middle English | bene | gracious, generous, pleasant; neighbourly help,... |
| 3 | Old English | bēn | prayer, request; prayer, request, petition,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | banjō | wound |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-yeh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |