Where does “potink” come from?
potink (West Flemish) comes from Middle Dutch podinc, from Middle English poding, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
potink (West Flemish): pudding
Ancestry of “potink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | podinc | — |
| 2 | Middle English | poding | kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach |
| 3 | Old French | boudin | blood sausage, black pudding |
| 4 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |