Where does “Semmelknödel” come from?

Semmelknödel (German) comes from German Semmel, from Middle High German semele, from Old High German semala, from Latin simila, from Aramaic סְמִידָא, from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯.

Semmelknödel (German): bread dumpling

Definitions

  1. bread dumpling

Ancestry of “Semmelknödel”, step by step

Semmelknödel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Semmel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSemmelbread roll
2Middle High Germansemelefine flour
3Old High Germansemala—
4Latinsimilawheat flour; second-person singular present...
5Aramaicסְמִידָא—
6Akkadian𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯—

via German knödel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknödeldumpling
2Middle High Germanknode—
3Old Norseknoða—
4Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-—
Every word from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 →Every word from Aramaic סְמִידָא →Every word from Latin simila →