Where does “Blattspinat” come from?
Blattspinat (German) comes from German blatt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
Blattspinat (German): leaf spinach
Definitions
- leaf spinach
Ancestry of “Blattspinat”, step by step
Blattspinat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German blatt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blatt | leaf green and flat organ of a plant |
| 2 | Middle High German | blat | leaf |
| 3 | Old High German | blat | leaf |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Spinat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spinat | spinach |
| 2 | Middle High German | spināt | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | spinachium | — |
| 4 | Spanish | espinaca | spinach |
| 5 | Andalusian Arabic | إِسْبِنَاخ | — |
| 6 | Arabic | إسفاناخ | — |
| 7 | Persian | اسفناج | spinach |