Where does “Heilpflanze” come from?

Heilpflanze (German) comes from German Pflanze, from Old High German pflanza, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

Heilpflanze (German): medicinal plant

Definitions

  1. medicinal plant

Ancestry of “Heilpflanze”, step by step

Heilpflanze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pflanze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPflanzeplant
2Old High Germanpflanzaplant
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via German heilen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanheilento heal; to become healed
2Middle High Germanheilen—
3Old High Germanheilen—
4Proto-West Germanichailijanto heal, to cure
5Proto-Germanichailijanąto make whole, to mend; to heal, to make healthy
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →