Where does “Speisenauswahl” come from?
Speisenauswahl (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.
Speisenauswahl (German): assortment of food items, food selection
Definitions
- assortment of food items, food selection
Ancestry of “Speisenauswahl”, step by step
Speisenauswahl traces back through 3 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 Auswahl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Auswahl | selection; choice; range, assortment |
| 2 | German | auswählen | to choose, to select, to pick |
| 3 | German | wählen | to choose; to dial; to vote |
| 4 | Middle High German | weln | to choose |
| 5 | Old High German | wellen | to want; to choose |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | walljan | to choose, to pick, to select |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wiljaną | to want |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wélyoyt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wélyeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |