Where does “Meisenknödel” come from?

Meisenknödel (German) comes from German knödel, from Middle High German knode, from Old Norse knoða, from Proto-Germanic knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European gnét-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-.

Meisenknödel (German): ball-shaped suet cake: fat ball

Definitions

  1. ball-shaped suet cake: fat ball

Ancestry of “Meisenknödel”, step by step

Meisenknödel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German knödel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknödeldumpling
2Middle High Germanknode—
3Old Norseknoða—
4Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-—

via German Meise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeisechickadee, tit
2Middle High Germanmeise—
3Old High Germanmeisapannier; titmouse
4Proto-West Germanicmaisātitmouse, chickadee
5Proto-Germanicmaisǭtitmouse, chickadee
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