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Where does “Hülsenfrüchtler” come from?

Hülsenfrüchtler (German) comes from German Hülsenfrucht, 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.

Hülsenfrüchtler (German): legume

Definitions

  1. legume

Ancestry of “Hülsenfrüchtler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHülsenfruchtlegume
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- →