Where does “Bananensaft” come from?

Bananensaft (German) comes from German Saft, from Middle High German Saft, from Old High German saf, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

Bananensaft (German): banana juice

Definitions

  1. banana juice

Ancestry of “Bananensaft”, step by step

Bananensaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Saft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaftjuice; sap; fluid
2Middle High GermanSaft—
3Old High Germansaf—
4Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

via German Banane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBananebanana
2Portuguesebananabanana; penis; bras d'honneur
3Wolofbanaanabanana
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →
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