Where does “Apfelminze” come from?

Apfelminze (German) comes from German Minze, from Middle High German minze, from Old High German minza, from Proto-West Germanic mintā, from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek Μίνθη — mint (Mentha viridis).

Apfelminze (German): apple mint

Definitions

  1. apple mint

Ancestry of “Apfelminze”, step by step

Apfelminze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Minze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMinzemint
2Middle High Germanminze—
3Old High Germanminza—
4Proto-West Germanicmintāmint
5Latinmentamint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
6Ancient GreekΜίνθηmint (Mentha viridis)

via German apfel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanapfelapple fruit
2Middle High Germanapfelapple
3Old High Germanapfulapple
4Proto-West Germanicappluapple, fruit
5Proto-Germanicaplazapple, fruit
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple
Every word from Ancient Greek Μίνθη →Every word from Latin menta →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mintā →