Where does “fettisdagsbulle” come from?
fettisdagsbulle (Swedish) comes from Swedish fettisdag, from Swedish tisdag, from Old Swedish tisdagher, from Old Norse týsdagr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwas dag, from Latin dīēs Martis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
fettisdagsbulle (Swedish): semla (type of pastry)
Definitions
- semla (type of pastry)
Ancestry of “fettisdagsbulle”, step by step
fettisdagsbulle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fettisdag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fettisdag | Shrove Tuesday the Tuesday before Lent |
| 2 | Swedish | tisdag | Tuesday (now generally considered the second day of the week in non-religious contexts in Sweden) |
| 3 | Old Swedish | tisdagher | Tuesday |
| 4 | Old Norse | týsdagr | Tuesday |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *Tīwas dag | — |
| 6 | Latin | dīēs Martis | Tuesday |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |