Where does “Fruchtsalat” come from?
Fruchtsalat (German) comes from German frucht, from Middle High German fruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃rom — to give.
Fruchtsalat (German): fruit salad
Definitions
- fruit salad
Ancestry of “Fruchtsalat”, step by step
Fruchtsalat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German frucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | frucht | fruit seed-bearing part of a plant |
| 2 | Middle High German | fruht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fruht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fruht | fruit |
| 5 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via German salāt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | salāt | salad mixed, usually cold dish |
| 2 | Italian | salata | feminine singular of salato; salad, something... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 4 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 5 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |