Where does “Fleischpflanzl” come from?

Fleischpflanzl (German) comes from German Fleisch, from Middle High German fleisch, from Old High German fleisk, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

Fleischpflanzl (German): meatball

Definitions

  1. meatball

Ancestry of “Fleischpflanzl”, step by step

Fleischpflanzl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fleisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFleischflesh; meat; pulp
2Middle High Germanfleischflesh, meat
3Old High Germanfleiskmeat
4Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

via German Pfann-Zelten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPfann-Zelten{{l|en|pancake}}
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ-Every word from Proto-Germanic flaiskiEvery word from Proto-West Germanic flaiski
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