Where does “Feuerwehrmarmelade” come from?
Feuerwehrmarmelade (German) comes from German Marmelade, from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada, from Galician marmelo, from Old Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum, from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
Ancestry of “Feuerwehrmarmelade”, step by step
Feuerwehrmarmelade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Marmelade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Marmelade | jam; marmalade |
| 2 | Middle French | marmelade | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | marmelada | quince jam, quince cheese |
| 4 | Galician | marmelo | quince |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | marmelo | — |
| 6 | Latin | melimelum | honey apple, sweet apple |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μελίμηλον | geniting, a variety of apple |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
via German Feuerwehr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Feuerwehr | fire brigade; fire department |
| 2 | German | Wehr | resistance; defence; also in the sense of... |
| 3 | Middle High German | were | — |
| 4 | Old High German | werī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | warīniz | warding off, defense |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |