Where does “sillpudding” come from?
sillpudding (Swedish) comes from Swedish pudding, from English Pudding, from Middle English podynge, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sillpudding (Swedish): a type of salted herring casserole
Definitions
- a type of salted herring casserole
Ancestry of “sillpudding”, step by step
sillpudding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish pudding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pudding | A cake or dessert prepared by boiling or... |
| 2 | English | Pudding | Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter |
| 3 | Middle English | podynge | sausage stuffed animal intestine |
| 4 | Old French | boudin | blood sausage, black pudding |
| 5 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |