Where does “Zwetschgenkuchen” come from?

Zwetschgenkuchen (German) comes from German zwetschge, from Middle High German Tzwetzschken, from Latin davascena, from Latin damascēna, from Ancient Greek δαμασκηνά, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός, from Aramaic דרמשק — well-watered place.

Zwetschgenkuchen (German): Zwetschgenkuchen

Definitions

  1. Zwetschgenkuchen

Ancestry of “Zwetschgenkuchen”, step by step

Zwetschgenkuchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zwetschge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzwetschgeplum
2Middle High GermanTzwetzschken
3Latindavascena
4Latindamascēna
5Ancient Greekδαμασκηνάdamascene plums
6Ancient GreekΔαμασκόςDamascus
7Aramaicדרמשקwell-watered place

via German küchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanküchenpie; cake; tart foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread
2Middle High Germankuoche
3Old High GermankuochoAlternative spelling of kuohho; cake
4Proto-Germanickōkôcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

Words derived from “Zwetschgenkuchen

Every word from Aramaic דרמשקEvery word from Ancient Greek ΔαμασκόςEvery word from Ancient Greek δαμασκηνά
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