Etymograph

English

glogg

Glogg comes from Swedish glödga ‘to burn, mull’, and goes back to Old Swedish glödhgha.

  1. Old Swedishmodernglödhgha
  2. Swedishmodernglödga‘to burn, mull’
  3. Swedish, derivedmodernglögg
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1999glogg

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Swedishmodernglödhgha
  2. Swedishmodernglödga‘to burn, mull’
  3. Swedish, derivedmodernglögg
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1999glogg

Earliest quotation: 1999, Stella Ross Collins, Christmas!: Traditions: “The first celebration takes place on the first Sunday…”

Every English word from Old Swedish glödhgha

Today it means

noun A Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry flavoured with almonds, raisins and orange peel.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Swedish glödhgha / glogg

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