Where does “Wackelpudding” come from?

Wackelpudding (German) comes from German Pudding, from English Pudding, from Middle English podynge, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Wackelpudding (German): jelly

Definitions

  1. jelly

Ancestry of “Wackelpudding”, step by step

Wackelpudding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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
6Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German wackeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwackelnto waggle, to wobble
2Middle High Germanwacken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin botellus