Where does “Schlehe” come from?

Schlehe (German) comes from Old High German slêha, from Proto-Germanic slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

Schlehe (German): sloe, blackthorn

Definitions

  1. sloe, blackthorn

Ancestry of “Schlehe”, step by step

Schlehe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German slêha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanslêha—
2Proto-Germanicslaihǭsloe
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish

via Old High German slêwа

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanslêwа—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slaihǭ →Every word from Old High German slêha →