Where does “Palmengewächs” come from?

Palmengewächs (German) comes from German Gewächs, from German wachsen, from Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.

Palmengewächs (German): any plant of the family of perennial, flowering plants commonly known as the palms (Arecaceae/Palmae)

Definitions

  1. any plant of the family of perennial, flowering plants commonly known as the palms (Arecaceae/Palmae)

Ancestry of “Palmengewächs”, step by step

Palmengewächs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gewächs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGewächsplant
2Germanwachsento grow; to grow, to increase; to wax
3Middle High Germanwahsento grow
4Old High Germanwahsanto grow
5Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
6Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
7Indo-European*h₂weks-—

via German palme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpalmepalm tree
2Middle High Germanpalmepalm tree
3Old High Germanpalmpalm tree
4LatinPalmapalm of the hand, hand
5Proto-Italic*palamā—
Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks- →