Where does “chokladtryffel” come from?
chokladtryffel (Swedish) comes from Swedish tryffel, from German Trüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā — dry.
chokladtryffel (Swedish): chocolate truffle
Definitions
- chocolate truffle
Ancestry of “chokladtryffel”, step by step
chokladtryffel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tryffel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tryffel | truffle |
| 2 | German | Trüffel | truffle |
| 3 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 4 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 6 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via Swedish choklad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | choklad | chocolate |
| 2 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 3 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 5 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |