Where does “Kamillenblüte” come from?
Kamillenblüte (German) comes from German Kamille, from Middle High German gamille, from Old French camomille, from Italian camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον, from Ancient Greek χαμαί, from Ancient Greek Χθών.
Kamillenblüte (German): chamomile flower
Definitions
- chamomile flower
Ancestry of “Kamillenblüte”, step by step
Kamillenblüte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kamille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kamille | camomile |
| 2 | Middle High German | gamille | — |
| 3 | Old French | camomille | camomile |
| 4 | Italian | camomilla | camomile |
| 5 | Latin | chamaemelon | camomile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χαμαίμηλον | Roman camomile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χαμαί | on the earth, near the ground; to the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Χθών | the Earth, personified as a goddess |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via German Blüte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blüte | blossom; florescence; counterfeit banknote |
| 2 | Middle High German | bluot | blood |
| 3 | Old High German | bluot | blood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |