Where does “Hanfpalme” come from?

Hanfpalme (German) comes from German Hanf, from Middle High German hanef, from Old High German hanaf, from Proto-West Germanic hanapi, from Proto-Germanic hanapiz — hemp.

Hanfpalme (German): any plant of the genus Trachycarpus, a taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae, comprising eleven species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) native to Asia

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Trachycarpus, a taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae, comprising eleven species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) native to Asia

Ancestry of “Hanfpalme”, step by step

Hanfpalme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hanf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHanfhemp; hemp as a drug or medical substance
2Middle High Germanhanef—
3Old High Germanhanaf—
4Proto-West Germanichanapihemp
5Proto-Germanichanapizhemp

via German palme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpalmepalm tree
2Middle High Germanpalmepalm tree
3Old High Germanpalmpalm tree
4LatinPalmapalm of the hand, hand
5Proto-Italic*palamā—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hanapiz →