Where does “דזשעלאָ” come from?
דזשעלאָ (Yiddish) comes from English Jello, from English Jell-O, from English gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, from Italian gelare, from Latin gelō, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
דזשעלאָ (Yiddish): jello
Definitions
- jello
Ancestry of “דזשעלאָ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jello | A dessert made by boiling gelatin in water |
| 2 | English | Jell-O | A brand of dessert made from gelatin |
| 3 | English | gelatin | A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of... |
| 4 | French | gélatine | gelatine |
| 5 | Italian | gelatina | gelatin |
| 6 | Italian | gelare | To freeze, to chill, to frost; To freeze; To be... |
| 7 | Latin | gelō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |