Where does “kycklingfärs” come from?
kycklingfärs (Swedish) comes from Swedish fars, from French farce, from Old French farse, from Old French farsir, from Latin farcio, from Proto-Italic farkjō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrekʷ- — to condense; to crowd together.
kycklingfärs (Swedish): ground chicken
Definitions
- ground chicken
Ancestry of “kycklingfärs”, step by step
kycklingfärs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fars
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fars | a farce; a parody or comedy |
| 2 | French | farce | stuffing; farce |
| 3 | Old French | farse | — |
| 4 | Old French | farsir | — |
| 5 | Latin | farcio | I cram, stuff |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | farkjō | to stuff |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrekʷ- | to condense; to crowd together |
via Swedish kyckling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kyckling | chick; young chicken; chicken |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kyklinger | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kjúklingr | chicken |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kiukilingaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ilingaz | Forms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ilaz | agent suffix; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |