Where does “tårta på tårta” come from?
tårta på tårta (Swedish) comes from Swedish tårta, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
tårta på tårta (Swedish): too much of the same thing
Definitions
- too much of the same thing
Ancestry of “tårta på tårta”, step by step
tårta på tårta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tårta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tårta | a torte, a cake, a layered cake; to throw a cake... |
| 2 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 3 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 6 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 7 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Swedish på
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | på | on, on top of; touching from above; on, against,... |