Where does “Ananassaft” come from?

Ananassaft (German) comes from German Ananas, from Dutch ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã — pineapple.

Ananassaft (German): pineapple juice

Definitions

  1. pineapple juice

Ancestry of “Ananassaft”, step by step

Ananassaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ananas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnanaspineapple; strawberry
2Dutchananaspineapple; pineapple plant, plant of the genus...
3Spanishananáspineapple plant; pineapple fruit
4Portugueseananáspineapple
5Old Tupinanápineapple plant
6Proto-Tupi-Guarani*nanãpineapple

via German Saft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaftjuice; sap; fluid
2Middle High GermanSaft—
3Old High Germansaf—
4Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã →Every word from Old Tupi naná →Every word from Portuguese ananás →