Where does “fläskkotlett” come from?
fläskkotlett (Swedish) comes from Swedish kotlett, from French côtelette, from Middle French costelette, from Middle French -elette, from Middle French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fläskkotlett (Swedish): a pork chop
Definitions
- a pork chop
Ancestry of “fläskkotlett”, step by step
fläskkotlett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kotlett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kotlett | chop, cutlet |
| 2 | French | côtelette | cutlet; chop |
| 3 | Middle French | costelette | cutlet |
| 4 | Middle French | -elette | diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Middle French | -el | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |