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Where does “Fruchtbarkeit” come from?

Fruchtbarkeit (German) comes from German fruchtbar, from German frucht, from Middle High German fruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron — to give.

Fruchtbarkeit (German): fertility

Definitions

  1. fertility

Ancestry of “Fruchtbarkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfruchtbarfertile; fruitful, prolific
2Germanfrucht—
3Middle High Germanfruht—
4Old High Germanfruht—
5Proto-West Germanic*fruht—
6Latinfrūctus—
7Ancient Greekδῶρονgift; hand's width
8Proto-Hellenicdṓrongift
9Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃romgift
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →