Where does “Vanillepudding” come from?

Vanillepudding (German) comes from German Vanille, from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Vanillepudding (German): custard, vanilla pudding

Definitions

  1. custard, vanilla pudding

Ancestry of “Vanillepudding”, step by step

Vanillepudding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vanille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVanillevanilla
2Frenchvanillevanilla
3Spanishvainillavanilla; vanilla sex; ladyfinger
4Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
5Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
6Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German Pudding

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPuddingcake with meat or fish laid into it, pide;...
2EnglishPuddingAny of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter
3Middle Englishpodyngesausage stuffed animal intestine
4Old Frenchboudinblood sausage, black pudding
5Latinbotellusa small sausage
6Latinbotulussausage, black pudding
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-resin, gum
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós