Where does “Kalmuswurzel” come from?

Kalmuswurzel (German) comes from German wurzel, from Middle High German wurzel, from Old High German wurzala, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

Kalmuswurzel (German): sweet flag root (Calami rhizoma) The rhizome of

Definitions

  1. sweet flag root (Calami rhizoma) The rhizome of

Ancestry of “Kalmuswurzel”, step by step

Kalmuswurzel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wurzel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurzelinflection of wurzeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwurzela root
3Old High Germanwurzala—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via German Kalmus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKalmussweet flag, Acorus calamus, an herbal water plant
2Middle High Germankalmus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →