Where does “fläskkarré” come from?
fläskkarré (Swedish) comes from Swedish karré, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.
fläskkarré (Swedish): pork collar, Boston butt
Definitions
- pork collar, Boston butt
Ancestry of “fläskkarré”, step by step
fläskkarré traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish karré
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | karré | pork collar, Boston butt |
| 2 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 3 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 4 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 5 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 6 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 7 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |