Where does “peanøttsmør” come from?
peanøttsmør (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål peanøtt, from English peanut, from English pea, from English pease, from Middle English pese, from Old English pise, from Late Latin pisa, from Latin pīsum — pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum".
peanøttsmør (Norwegian Bokmål): peanut butter
Definitions
- peanut butter
Ancestry of “peanøttsmør”, step by step
peanøttsmør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål peanøtt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | peanøtt | a peanut |
| 2 | English | peanut | A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant... |
| 3 | English | pea | Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others |
| 4 | English | pease | To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile |
| 5 | Middle English | pese | A pea; The leguminous plant Pisum sativum;... |
| 6 | Old English | pise | pea |
| 7 | Late Latin | pisa | nominative plural of pisum; accusative plural of... |
| 8 | Latin | pīsum | pea, pease |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πίσον | Quoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πίσος | pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum" |
via Norwegian Bokmål smør
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | smør | butter; imperative of smøre |
| 2 | Danish | smør | butter; imperative of smøre |
| 3 | Old Norse | smjǫr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | smerwą | grease, butter, fat |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | smérus | marrow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | smérus | grease |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smer- | to fall into thought, remember, care for; to fall... |