Where does “Sitka-Fichte” come from?

Sitka-Fichte (German) comes from German Fichte, from Middle High German viehte, from Old High German fiuhta, from Proto-West Germanic fiuhtijā, from Proto-Germanic fiuhtijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European péwḱ-t-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ- — pine.

Sitka-Fichte (German): Sitka spruce any tree of the species

Definitions

  1. Sitka spruce any tree of the species

Ancestry of “Sitka-Fichte”, step by step

Sitka-Fichte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fichte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFichteA spruce; the common tree; spruce; the wood and...
2Middle High Germanviehte
3Old High Germanfiuhta
4Proto-West Germanicfiuhtijāspruce
5Proto-Germanicfiuhtijǭ
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéwḱ-t-ih₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpewḱ-pine

via German Sitka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSitka
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péwḱ-t-ih₂Every word from Proto-Germanic fiuhtijǭ
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