Where does “Zwiebelkuchen” come from?

Zwiebelkuchen (German) comes from German Zwiebel, from Middle High German zwîbel, from Old High German zwibollo, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

Zwiebelkuchen (German): onion pie, onion cake, onion tart

Definitions

  1. onion pie, onion cake, onion tart

Ancestry of “Zwiebelkuchen”, step by step

Zwiebelkuchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zwiebel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwiebelonion; bulb
2Middle High Germanzwîbel—
3Old High Germanzwibolloonion
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

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
Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Old High German zwibollo →