Where does “grønnkål” come from?

grønnkål (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kål, 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.

grønnkål (Norwegian Bokmål): curly kale

Definitions

  1. curly kale

Ancestry of “grønnkål”, step by step

grønnkål traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kål

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkålcabbage
2Old Norsekálcabbage, kale
3Old Englishcāwelcolewort
4Proto-West Germanic*kaulicabbage, colewort
5Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
6Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós—

via Norwegian Bokmål grønn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgrønngreen; favourable
2Old Norsegrœnngreen, fresh; good, fit
3Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós →Every word from Ancient Greek καυλός →Every word from Latin caulis →