Where does “súkkulaðiplata” come from?
súkkulaðiplata (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic plata, from Danish plade, from Old Norse plata, from Middle Low German plate, from Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
súkkulaðiplata (Icelandic): chocolate bar, bar of chocolate, chocolate slab, tablet
Definitions
- chocolate bar, bar of chocolate, chocolate slab, tablet
Ancestry of “súkkulaðiplata”, step by step
súkkulaðiplata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic plata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | plata | plate; record; to trick, deceive |
| 2 | Danish | plade | plate |
| 3 | Old Norse | plata | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | plate | — |
| 5 | Latin | plata | silver |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 7 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Icelandic súkkulaði
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | súkkulaði | chocolate |
| 2 | Danish | chokolade | chocolate; chocolate, cocoa |
| 3 | German | Schokolade | chocolate; cocoa drink |
| 4 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 5 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 6 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 7 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |