Where does “Spanake” come from?
Spanake (German) comes from German Kanake, from English Candy, from Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi, from Arabic قندي, from Arabic قَنْد, from Persian کند, from Sanskrit खण्ड — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
Spanake (German): spic
Definitions
- spic
Ancestry of “Spanake”, step by step
Spanake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kanake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kanake | wog; Kanak or Canaque, a member of the indigenous... |
| 2 | English | Candy | A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice |
| 3 | Middle English | sugre candy | Alternative form of suger candy |
| 4 | Old French | sucre candi | — |
| 5 | Arabic | قندي | a Pashtun |
| 6 | Arabic | قَنْد | hard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy |
| 7 | Persian | کند | blunt; dull; slow |
| 8 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |
via German Spanier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spanier | Spaniard |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |