Where does “Suppenteller” come from?
Suppenteller (German) comes from German teller, from Middle High German teller, from Middle French tailloir, from Old French tailleor, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód — this; that.
Suppenteller (German): soup bowl
Definitions
- soup bowl
Ancestry of “Suppenteller”, step by step
Suppenteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German teller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | teller | plate, dish |
| 2 | Middle High German | teller | — |
| 3 | Middle French | tailloir | a plate or board upon which food is cut before it... |
| 4 | Old French | tailleor | — |
| 5 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 6 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 7 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via German suppe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | suppe | soup |
| 2 | French | soupe | soup; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle French | souppe | soup |
| 4 | Old French | supe | soup |
| 5 | Old French | soupe | Alternative form of supe |
| 6 | Late Latin | suppa | sopped bread |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | supô | soup, broth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |