Where does “Blütenbesuch” come from?

Blütenbesuch (German) comes from German Blüte, from Middle High German bluot, from Old High German bluot, from Proto-West Germanic blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Blütenbesuch (German): flower visit by pollinating insects

Definitions

  1. flower visit by pollinating insects

Ancestry of “Blütenbesuch”, step by step

Blütenbesuch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Blüte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBlüteblossom; florescence; counterfeit banknote
2Middle High Germanbluotblood
3Old High Germanbluotblood
4Proto-West Germanicblōdblood
5Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via German Besuch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBesuchvisit, call; visitor or visitors
2Middle High Germanbesuoch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-