Where does “rostbiff” come from?
rostbiff (Swedish) comes from English roast beef, from English beef, from Middle English bef, from Old French buef, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic korwos — army.
rostbiff (Swedish): roast beef
Definitions
- roast beef
Ancestry of “rostbiff”, step by step
rostbiff traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English roast beef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roast beef | Beef cooked by roasting; A cut of beef that has... |
| 2 | English | beef | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | bef | beef; cow flesh or meat; A bovine or its carcass |
| 4 | Old French | buef | cow |
| 5 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 7 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Swedish rösta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rösta | to vote |
| 2 | Swedish | röst | voice; vote |
| 3 | German | rōst | roofing frame |
| 4 | Middle High German | rōst | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rōst | — |
| 6 | Old French | rostir | to roast; to torture by subjecting to fire |
| 7 | Frankish | rōstjan | to roast |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | raustijaną | to roast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *Hrews- | — |
via Swedish biff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | biff | a steak, a beefsteak |