Where does “kremfløyte” come from?
kremfløyte (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.
kremfløyte (Norwegian Nynorsk): whipping cream
Definitions
- whipping cream
Ancestry of “kremfløyte”, step by step
kremfløyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk krem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 Nynorsk fløyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | fløyte | a flute; a whistle; to blow in a flute or whistle |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vloite | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vloite | — |
| 4 | Old French | flahute | — |
| 5 | Latin | flātus | blowing, breathing, snorting |
| 6 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |