Where does “Spiegelei” come from?
Spiegelei (German) comes from Dutch ei, from Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs — ice, frost.
Spiegelei (German): fried egg; the act of mirroring or reflecting
Definitions
- fried egg; the act of mirroring or reflecting
Ancestry of “Spiegelei”, step by step
Spiegelei traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ei | egg |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ei | egg |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ei | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 5 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 6 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 7 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |
via Dutch spiegel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spiegel | mirror; stern of a ship; level |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spiegel | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 4 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via German spiegeln
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spiegeln | to mirror |