Where does “roggelelie” come from?

roggelelie (Dutch) comes from Dutch rogge, from Middle Dutch rogge, from Old Dutch roggo, from Proto-West Germanic roggō, from Proto-Germanic ruggô — rye.

roggelelie (Dutch): an orange lily, Lilium bulbiferum

Definitions

  1. an orange lily, Lilium bulbiferum

Ancestry of “roggelelie”, step by step

roggelelie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch rogge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchroggerye
2Middle Dutchrogge—
3Old Dutchroggo—
4Proto-West Germanicroggōrye
5Proto-Germanicruggôrye

via Dutch lelie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlelieA lily; A fleur-de-lis, although botanically an...
2Middle Dutchlilie—
3Old Dutchlīlia—
Every word from Proto-Germanic ruggô →