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Where does “sjokolade” come from?

sjokolade (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Schokolade, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.

sjokolade (Norwegian Nynorsk): chocolate, chocolate bar

Definitions

  1. chocolate, chocolate bar

Ancestry of “sjokolade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchokoladechocolate; cocoa drink
2Frenchchocolatchocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;...
3Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
4Classical Nahuatlchocolātl—
5Nahuatlchicolātl—

Words derived from “sjokolade”

  • sjokoladekake
  • mjølkesjokolade
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