Where does “grillspett” come from?
grillspett (Swedish) comes from Swedish grilla, from Swedish grill, from English grill, from English griller, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
grillspett (Swedish): a skewer or spit for grilling or roasting meat and/or other food
Definitions
- a skewer or spit for grilling or roasting meat and/or other food
Ancestry of “grillspett”, step by step
grillspett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish grilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | grilla | An ice skate |
| 2 | Swedish | grill | a grill (barbecue) |
| 3 | English | grill | A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material... |
| 4 | English | griller | One who, or that which, grills; Food suitable for... |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |