Where does “sauerkraut” come from?
Sauerkraut comes from German sauer meaning sour combined with German Kraut meaning cabbage, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European sūr- meaning sour.
sauerkraut (English): A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage;...
Definitions
- A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage;...
Ancestry of “sauerkraut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Sauerkraut | sauerkraut |
| 2 | German | sauer | sour; acid; acidic; upset; annoyed; angry;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | sūr | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sūr | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sūr | sour, acidic |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sūraz | sour, acidic |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | suHrós | sour, salty, bitter |