Where does “Ölpflanze” come from?

Ölpflanze (German) comes from German Öl, from Middle High German öl, from Old High German oli, from Proto-West Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία, from Proto-Hellenic elaíwā.

Ölpflanze (German): oil-bearing plant

Definitions

  1. oil-bearing plant

Ancestry of “Ölpflanze”, step by step

Ölpflanze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Öl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanÖloil
2Middle High Germanöloil
3Old High Germanoli
4Proto-West Germanic*oliolive oil
5Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
6Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
7Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
8Proto-Hellenicelaíwā
9Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom

via German Pflanze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPflanzeplant
2Old High Germanpflanzaplant
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European loiwomEvery word from Proto-Hellenic elaíwāEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐλαία
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