Where does “Baldrianextrakt” come from?

Baldrianextrakt (German) comes from German Baldrian, from Old Polish waldryjan, from Middle High German baldriān, from Old High German baldriān.

Baldrianextrakt (German): valerian extract

Definitions

  1. valerian extract

Ancestry of “Baldrianextrakt”, step by step

Baldrianextrakt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Baldrian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBaldrianvalerian
2Old Polishwaldryjanvalerian
3Middle High Germanbaldriān—
4Old High Germanbaldriān—

via German Extrakt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanExtraktextract
Every word from Old High German baldriān →Every word from Middle High German baldriān →Every word from Old Polish waldryjan →