2007-02-25 14:00:40 · 5 answers · asked by summer h 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It was invented in Hamburg Germany
2007-02-25 14:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were originally called "Hamburger Steak", after Hamburg, Germany - a large seaport, so sailors spread the dish from there all over the world.
Eventually, the names was shortened to "hamburger", and people analyzed this as being a compound of "ham" and "burger", so they started talking about "cheeseburgers", "fishburgers", etc. In linguistics, this process is called "back-formation".
2007-02-25 22:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they used to be made out of ham
2007-02-25 22:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by Pop 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What about hot dogs?
2007-02-25 22:02:55 · answer #4 · answered by momof2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
named after hamburg, germany... look it up on wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger
2007-02-25 22:02:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋