Where does “farfalle” come from?
farfalle (English) comes from Italian farfalle, from Italian farfalla, from Swedish fälla, from Old Swedish fælla, from Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic fallijaną, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl- — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
farfalle (English): pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
Definitions
- pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties
Ancestry of “farfalle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | farfalle | plural of farfalla; farfalle |
| 2 | Italian | farfalla | butterfly; bow tie; pasta in the shape of... |
| 3 | Swedish | fälla | trap; to fell; to make something fall; to fell;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | fælla | to fell, cause to fall; to neglect; to prevent |
| 5 | Old Norse | fella | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 9 | Slovincian | pól | — |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |