Where does “Pflanzensaft” come from?

Pflanzensaft (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.

Pflanzensaft (German): sap

Definitions

  1. sap

Ancestry of “Pflanzensaft”, step by step

Pflanzensaft 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 Saft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaftjuice; sap; fluid
2Middle High GermanSaft—
3Old High Germansaf—
4Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →