Where does “Kerzenflamme” come from?

Kerzenflamme (German) comes from German Flamme, from Middle High German vlamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

Kerzenflamme (German): candle flame

Definitions

  1. candle flame

Ancestry of “Kerzenflamme”, step by step

Kerzenflamme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Flamme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlammeflame
2Middle High Germanvlamme—
3Latinflammaflame, fire
4Latinflāgrāre—
5Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via German kerze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankerzecandle
2Middle High Germankerze—
3Old High Germankerza—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →