Where does “båtpizza” come from?

båtpizza (Swedish) comes from Swedish båt, from Old Swedish bāter, from Old Norse bátr, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

båtpizza (Swedish): a style of pizza that is folded about one-fourth on two opposite sides and pinched at the ends (sometimes raising the edges in the shape of an oblong bowl and filled with a sauce)

Definitions

  1. a style of pizza that is folded about one-fourth on two opposite sides and pinched at the ends (sometimes raising the edges in the shape of an oblong bowl and filled with a sauce)

Ancestry of “båtpizza”, step by step

båtpizza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish båt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbåta boat
2Old Swedishbāterboat
3Old Norsebátrboat
4Old Englishbātthat which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,...
5Proto-West Germanicbaitboat, ship
6Proto-Germanicbaitazboat, ship
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Swedish pizza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpizzapizza
2Italianpizzapizza; reel; something very monotonous and...
3Neapolitanpizzapizza
4Byzantine Greekπίταcake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-Every word from Proto-Germanic baitaz