Where does “multekrem” come from?
multekrem (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål krem, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα, from Ancient Greek χρίω — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
multekrem (Norwegian Bokmål): cloudberry cream; a Norwegian dessert made from whipped cream mixed with cloudberries
Definitions
- cloudberry cream; a Norwegian dessert made from whipped cream mixed with cloudberries
Ancestry of “multekrem”, step by step
multekrem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål krem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | krem | cream |
| 2 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 3 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 4 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 5 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 6 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Norwegian Bokmål multe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | multe | a cloudberry plant; the perennial, dioecious plant Rubus chamaemorus, with kidney-shaped leaves, white flowers, and yellow fruit |
| 2 | English | mullet | A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes) |
| 3 | Middle English | molet | — |
| 4 | Old French | mulet | mullet |
| 5 | Latin | mullus | mullet |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μύλλος | A kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;... |