Where does “Schlingpflanze” come from?

Schlingpflanze (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.

Schlingpflanze (German): twiner; bine

Definitions

  1. twiner; bine

Ancestry of “Schlingpflanze”, step by step

Schlingpflanze 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 schlingen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschlingento wind; to loop, tie, knot; to wind, coil
2Middle High Germanslinden—
3Old High Germanslintan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →