Where does “Nahrungspflanze” come from?

Nahrungspflanze (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.

Nahrungspflanze (German): food plant, food crop

Definitions

  1. food plant, food crop

Ancestry of “Nahrungspflanze”, step by step

Nahrungspflanze 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 Nahrung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNahrungfood and drink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā