Where does “hvítkál” come from?
hvítkál (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.
hvítkál (Icelandic): white cabbage, "Brassica oleracea var. capitata...
Definitions
- white cabbage, "Brassica oleracea var. capitata...
Ancestry of “hvítkál”, step by step
hvítkál traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic kál
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | kál | a plant of the genus "Brassica"; cabbage, kale,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 3 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 5 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |