Where does “Holunder” come from?

Holunder (German) comes from Old High German holuntar, from Proto-West Germanic *holantr — elder tree.

Holunder (German): elder

Definitions

  1. elder

Ancestry of “Holunder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanholuntarelder
2Proto-West Germanic*holantrelder tree

Words derived from “Holunder

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *holantr
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