Where does “Kletterpflanze” come from?

Kletterpflanze (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.

Kletterpflanze (German): climbing plant, climber, creeper, vine

Definitions

  1. climbing plant, climber, creeper, vine

Ancestry of “Kletterpflanze”, step by step

Kletterpflanze 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 klettern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankletternto climb
2Germankletten—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangleyt-to cling to, cleave, stick
4Proto-Indo-Europeangley-to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →