Where does “Pestwurz” come from?

Pestwurz (German) comes from German wurz, from Middle High German wurz, from Old High German wurz, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

Pestwurz (German): butterbur plant

Definitions

  1. butterbur plant

Ancestry of “Pestwurz”, step by step

Pestwurz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wurz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurzroot
2Middle High Germanwurzwort, herb, root
3Old High Germanwurzherb, root, spice
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via German Pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPestplague
2Middle Frenchpeste—
3Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Old High German wurz →