Where does “Rosinenkuchen” come from?

Rosinenkuchen (German) comes from German Rosine, from Middle High German rosīn, from Middle Dutch rosīne, from Old French raisin, from Latin racēmus — cluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar fruits.

Rosinenkuchen (German): fruitcake

Definitions

  1. fruitcake

Ancestry of “Rosinenkuchen”, step by step

Rosinenkuchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rosine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRosineraisin
2Middle High Germanrosīn—
3Middle Dutchrosīne—
4Old Frenchraisingrape; cluster or bunch of grapes; raisin
5Latinracēmuscluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar fruits

via German küchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanküchenpie; cake; tart foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread
2Middle High Germankuoche—
3Old High GermankuochoAlternative spelling of kuohho; cake
4Proto-Germanickōkôcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

Words derived from “Rosinenkuchen”

Every word from Latin racēmus →Every word from Old French raisin →Every word from Middle Dutch rosīne →
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