Where does “pösmunk” come from?
pösmunk (Swedish) comes from Swedish munk — monk; donut; deep-fried piece of dough.
pösmunk (Swedish): a type of muffin-like fritter
Definitions
- a type of muffin-like fritter
Ancestry of “pösmunk”, step by step
pösmunk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish munk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | munk | monk; donut; deep-fried piece of dough |
via Swedish pösa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pösa | to be large or swell due to containing a lot of air or other gas (or food or fat or the like, by extension) |