Where does “hnúðkál” come from?
hnúðkál (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kál, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.
hnúðkál (Icelandic): kohlrabi
Ancestry of “hnúðkál”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | kál | a plant of the genus "Brassica"; cabbage, kale,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | kál | — |
| 3 | Old English | cāwel | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | — |
| 5 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |