Where does “Zimtschnecke” come from?

Zimtschnecke (German) comes from German zimt, from Middle High German zimet, from Middle High German zinemīn, from Latin cinnamon, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον — Chinese cinnamon.

Zimtschnecke (German): a cinnamon roll; a rolled yeast pastry that is...

Definitions

  1. a cinnamon roll; a rolled yeast pastry that is...

Ancestry of “Zimtschnecke”, step by step

Zimtschnecke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zimt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzimtcinnamon
2Middle High Germanzimet—
3Middle High Germanzinemīn—
4Latincinnamon—
5Ancient Greekκίνναμον—
6Ancient GreekκιννάμωμονChinese cinnamon

via German Schnecke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchneckesnail, slug; An attractive woman; chick; The...
2Middle High Germansnëcke—
3Old High Germansneggo—
4Proto-Germanicsneggôsnail
5Proto-Germanic-gôAppended to verbs and adjectives to create nouns,...
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