Where does “Speisekammer” come from?
Speisekammer (German) comes from German Speise, from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere, from Latin expendo — beside, near, by, with.
Speisekammer (German): pantry; larder
Definitions
- pantry; larder
Ancestry of “Speisekammer”, step by step
Speisekammer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Speise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Speise | meal, fare |
| 2 | Middle High German | spīse | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spīsa | meal |
| 4 | Latin | spensa | outlay for provisions, food |
| 5 | Latin | expēnsa | — |
| 6 | Latin | expensus | weighed; paid; judged |
| 7 | Latin | expendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 9 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 10 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 13 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 14 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
via German kammer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kammer | chamber; room |
| 2 | Middle High German | kamer | — |
| 3 | Old High German | chamara | — |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |