Where does “Orangenmarmelade” come from?

Orangenmarmelade (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.

Orangenmarmelade (German): orange marmalade

Definitions

  1. orange marmalade

Ancestry of “Orangenmarmelade”, step by step

Orangenmarmelade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Marmelade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMarmeladejam; marmalade
2Middle Frenchmarmelade—
3Portuguesemarmeladaquince jam, quince cheese
4Galicianmarmeloquince
5Old Portuguesemarmelo—
6Latinmelimelumhoney apple, sweet apple
7Ancient Greekμελίμηλονgeniting, a variety of apple
8Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
9Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

via German Orange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOrangeorange fruit
2FrenchOrangeOrange
3Spanishnaranjaorange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish...
4Old Spanishnaranjaorange
5Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
6Persianنارنگbitter orange
7Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
8Dravidiandra—
9Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον →