Collard greens are in the brassica family, and the coll / caul / cole syllable is often used for those (cauliflower, cole slaw).
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Without checking the etymology, I’d guess it comes from German, where ‘kohl’ is a root meaning leaf, as in coleslaw or kohlrabi.
So collard greens would just be leafy greens.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 months ago
Kohl does not mean leaf in German.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Then what’s the common part with rotkohl?
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 months ago
What do you mean by “common part”? Kohl is just cabbage. Rotkohl is red cabbage. Because it’s cabbage that is red.
Now you’ve made me hungry.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
So the etymology answer is collard greens are cabbage greens because they’re in the same family.
theRealBassist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Collards are a specific variety of brassicacea like cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Not a generic term.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I never said it was a generic term. Cabbage for coleslaw, kohlrabi etc are all brassicas.
theRealBassist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I gotcha, I just misunderstood the intention of your comment! My bad lol