Where does “rømmegrøt” come from?

rømmegrøt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rømme, from Norwegian Bokmål rom, from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

rømmegrøt (Norwegian Bokmål): A dinner porridge made with semolina, sourcream, and water

Definitions

  1. A dinner porridge made with semolina, sourcream, and water

Ancestry of “rømmegrøt”, step by step

rømmegrøt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål rømme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålrømmesour cream; to flee, escape, run away; to...
2Norwegian Bokmålromrum; room; space
3EnglishrumA distilled spirit derived from fermented cane...
4Ottoman TurkishرومVarious other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia
5ArabicرُومByzantines
6Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
7Ancient GreekῬωμανίαByzantine Empire
8Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Norwegian Bokmål grøt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgrøtporridge
2Danishgrødporridge, mash
3Old Norsegrautrporridge
4Proto-Germanicgrautazcoarse, crude; big, large
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία