Where does “Mangrovenwald” come from?

Mangrovenwald (German) comes from German wald, from Middle High German walt, from Old High German wald, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Mangrovenwald (German): mangrove forest

Definitions

  1. mangrove forest

Ancestry of “Mangrovenwald”, step by step

Mangrovenwald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwaldforest; woods; woodland
2Middle High Germanwalt
3Old High Germanwaldforest
4Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
5Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via German Mangrove

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMangrovemangrove
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel-Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic walþu