Where does “brunkål” come from?
brunkål (Swedish) comes from Swedish kål, from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.
brunkål (Swedish): a dish of boiled and fried white cabbage, flavored with syrup, salt, and vinegar
Definitions
- a dish of boiled and fried white cabbage, flavored with syrup, salt, and vinegar
Ancestry of “brunkål”, step by step
brunkål traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kål
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kål | cabbage; edible plants of the species "Brassica... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |