Where does “köttpuck” come from?
köttpuck (Swedish) comes from Swedish puck, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare — "low-pitch humming noise".
köttpuck (Swedish): a hamburger patty (or possibly other, similar patty)
Definitions
- a hamburger patty (or possibly other, similar patty)
Ancestry of “köttpuck”, step by step
köttpuck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish puck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | puck | a puck |
| 2 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 3 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 4 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 5 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 6 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 7 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 9 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |