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Where does “Lambert pine” come from?

Lambert pine (English) comes from English Lambert, from Old High German beraht, from Proto-Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

Lambert pine (English): The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon

Definitions

  1. The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon

Ancestry of “Lambert pine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLambert—
2Old High Germanberahtbright
3Proto-Germanic*berht—
4Proto-Germanicberhtazbright, shining
5Proto-Germanichrabnazraven
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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