Where does “Manitoba maple” come from?
Manitoba maple (English) comes from English Maple, from Middle English mapel, from Old English mapultrēow, from Old English trēow, from Proto-West Germanic treu, from Proto-Germanic trewą, from English doru, from Ancient Greek δόρυ — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.
Manitoba maple (English): A small, fast-growing and fairly short-lived...
Definitions
- A small, fast-growing and fairly short-lived...
Ancestry of “Manitoba maple”, step by step
Manitoba maple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Maple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Maple | A small tree, Acer campestre, known as the common maple, field maple, or hedge maple, which has palmate leaves with five lobes and winged seeds, and is chiefly native to East Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America |
| 2 | Middle English | mapel | maple tree or wood |
| 3 | Old English | mapultrēow | a maple tree |
| 4 | Old English | trēow | tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | treu | tree; wood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trewą | tree |
| 7 | English | doru | Alternative form of dory |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δόρυ | wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance,... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | dóru | tree |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dóru | tree |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | drew- | hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree |