Where does “Preiselbeermarmelade” come from?

Preiselbeermarmelade (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.

Preiselbeermarmelade (German): lingonberry jam

Definitions

  1. lingonberry jam

Ancestry of “Preiselbeermarmelade”, step by step

Preiselbeermarmelade 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 Preiselbeere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPreiselbeerelingonberry, cowberry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλονEvery word from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον