Where does “grytvante” come from?
grytvante (Swedish) comes from Swedish gryta, from Old Swedish gryta, from Old Norse grýta.
grytvante (Swedish): an oven mitt, an oven glove (for carrying hot things to or from an oven)
Definitions
- an oven mitt, an oven glove (for carrying hot things to or from an oven)
Ancestry of “grytvante”, step by step
grytvante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gryta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gryta | pot; a cooking-vessel; stew; a kind of dish |
| 2 | Old Swedish | gryta | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | grýta | — |
via Swedish vante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vante | a (usually knitted or made of cloth) garment worn on the hands for warmth (or to protect against heat, in the case of an oven mitt) |