Where does “Frostkerze” come from?

Frostkerze (German) comes from German frost, from Middle High German vrost, from Old High German frost, from Proto-West Germanic *frost, from Proto-Germanic frustaz, from Proto-Indo-European prustós — frost.

Frostkerze (German): type of torch to prevent harvest loss due to freezing

Definitions

  1. type of torch to prevent harvest loss due to freezing

Ancestry of “Frostkerze”, step by step

Frostkerze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German frost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfrostfrost; freezing weather weather conditions below 0 °C
2Middle High Germanvrost—
3Old High Germanfrostfrost
4Proto-West Germanic*frost—
5Proto-Germanicfrustazcold; frost; freezing weather; frost; rime
6Proto-Indo-Europeanprustósfrost

via German kerze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankerzecandle
2Middle High Germankerze—
3Old High Germankerza—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prustós →Every word from Proto-Germanic frustaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *frost →