Where does “Knallbonbon” come from?

Knallbonbon (German) comes from German Bonbon, from French bonbon, from French bon, from Middle French bon, from Old French bon, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

Knallbonbon (German): Christmas cracker

Definitions

  1. Christmas cracker

Ancestry of “Knallbonbon”, step by step

Knallbonbon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bonbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBonbonhard candy; sweet, candy in general
2Frenchbonbonsweet, candy; expensive
3Frenchbongood; right, correct; sexy, hot, smoking hot
4Middle Frenchbongood
5Old Frenchbongood
6Latinbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;...
7Old LatinduenosAlternative form of duonus
8Proto-Italicdwenosgood
9Proto-Indo-Europeandew-to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...

via German knallen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknallento bang, to pop; to fuck
2Germanknallsingular imperative of knallen; first-person...
3Middle High Germanknellen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dew-Every word from Proto-Italic dwenosEvery word from Old Latin duenos
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