Where does “Dirndl” come from?
Dirndl (German) comes from German Dirne, from Italian -ne, from Italian né, from Italian purè, from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer — to be clean, pure.
Dirndl (German): girl; dirndl; cornel
Definitions
- girl; dirndl; cornel
Ancestry of “Dirndl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dirne | whore; girl; lass |
| 2 | Italian | -ne | an epithetic syllable appended to oxytone words in order to make them paroxytone |
| 3 | Italian | né | nor; neither...nor; either...or |
| 4 | Italian | purè | puree, purée; mashed potatoes |
| 5 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 6 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 7 | Old French | puree | — |
| 8 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 9 | Old French | purer | to purify |
| 10 | Latin | purare | — |
| 11 | Latin | pūrus | clear, limpid |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |