Where does “bröllopstårta” come from?
bröllopstårta (Swedish) comes from Swedish tårta, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
bröllopstårta (Swedish): a wedding cake
Definitions
- a wedding cake
Ancestry of “bröllopstårta”, step by step
bröllopstårta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tårta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tårta | a torte, a cake, a layered cake; to throw a cake... |
| 2 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 3 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 6 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 7 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |