Smüllerölle
Fjerdan
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Fjerdan *smen (“cheese”) + *hɨla (diminutive, modern -le) + *ullo (“man”) + *ord (“man”) + *hɨla (diminutive, modern -le).
Historically, the pastry was called smilla ulle (“butter man”) (where smilla is the diminutive of smen (“cheese”) and ulle an archaic word for "man" that means "chief" in modern Fjerdan). This eroded and dissimilated to smüller, obscuring its meaning, so ölle (the diminutive of ord (“man”)) was added. Thus, the literal meaning of the modern word is "little-cheese-man-little-man".
Pronunciation
Noun
smüllerölle t (accusative smülleröllir)
- Grittibänz, festive pastry made from leavened butter dough, usually in the form of people
Inflection
| Indefinite | Definite | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | smüllerölle | smülleröllen |
| Accusative | smülleröllir | smülleröllire |
| Oblique | smüllerölle | smülleröllen |
| Genitive |