fattiga riddare
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of fattiga (“poor”) + riddare (“knights”). Calque of German Arme Ritter. Ultimate origin unknown. Possibly, according to Alexandra Zazzi via Svenska Akademin, from a distinguished exterior hiding a meager interior. According to SAOB attested since 1848.
Cognate with English poor knights of Windsor.
Noun
[edit]- French toast
- Synonyms: arma riddare, falska riddare
Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: köyhät ritarit (calque)
See also
[edit]- rika riddare (“richer French toast”)
References
[edit]- Alexandra Zazzi (actor) (2012 September 29), 01:15 from the start, in Fattiga riddare - för både rika och fattiga[1] (in Swedish): “I Svenska Akademin har de lite konstnärlig tolkning att "det torde avse kontrasten mellan ett förnämnt yttre och därunder dolt tarftig innehåll". ― In the Swedish Academy, they have a somewhat artistic interpretation that "it should refer to the contrast between a distinguished exterior and hidden meager content below".”
- riddare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)