Where does “Pflanzenfett” come from?

Pflanzenfett (German) comes from German fett, from Middle Low German vet, from Old Saxon fētid, from Proto-West Germanic faitid, from Proto-West Germanic fait, from Proto-Germanic faitaz, from Proto-Indo-European poyH-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

Pflanzenfett (German): vegetable fat

Definitions

  1. vegetable fat

Ancestry of “Pflanzenfett”, step by step

Pflanzenfett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfettfat; rich, containing a lot of fat; bold
2Middle Low Germanvet—
3Old Saxonfētid—
4Proto-West Germanicfaitidfattened, made fat
5Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
6Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →