Where does “Pflaumenbaum” come from?

Pflaumenbaum (German) comes from German Pflaume, from Middle High German pflūme, from Old High German pflūma, from Proto-Germanic *plūmā, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον — A plum fruit.

Pflaumenbaum (German): plum tree

Definitions

  1. plum tree

Ancestry of “Pflaumenbaum”, step by step

Pflaumenbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pflaume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPflaumeplum; vulva; fool; klutz
2Middle High Germanpflūmeplum
3Old High Germanpflūmafluff
4Proto-Germanic*plūmā—
5Latinprūnumplum
6Ancient Greekπροῦνον—
7Ancient GreekπροῦμνονA plum fruit

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Ancient Greek προῦμνον →