Where does “Spiegeleiqualle” come from?
Spiegeleiqualle (German) comes from German Spiegelei, 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 — ice, frost.
Spiegeleiqualle (German): Mediterranean jellyfish
Definitions
- Mediterranean jellyfish
Ancestry of “Spiegeleiqualle”, step by step
Spiegeleiqualle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spiegelei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spiegelei | fried egg; the act of mirroring or reflecting |
| 2 | Dutch | ei | egg |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | ei | egg |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ei | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 6 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 7 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 8 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |
via German Qualle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Qualle | jellyfish |
| 2 | German | Quellen | plural of Quelle |
| 3 | Middle High German | quellen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | quellan | to well up, pour out, stream from; to well up, to... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kwellan | to well |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kwellaną | to well; to gush, stream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |