Where does “Kriechendes Fingerkraut” come from?

Kriechendes Fingerkraut (German) comes from German Fingerkraut, from German Finger, from Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.

Kriechendes Fingerkraut (German): creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)

Definitions

  1. creeping cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)

Ancestry of “Kriechendes Fingerkraut”, step by step

Kriechendes Fingerkraut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fingerkraut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFingerkrautcinquefoil (Potentilla spp. etc.)
2GermanFingerfinger
3Middle High Germanvingerfinger
4Old High Germanfingarfinger
5Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
6Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós

via German kriechend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankriechend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós