Where does “Sumpfpflanze” come from?

Sumpfpflanze (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.

Sumpfpflanze (German): helophyte, marsh plant, swamp plant

Definitions

  1. helophyte, marsh plant, swamp plant

Ancestry of “Sumpfpflanze”, step by step

Sumpfpflanze 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 Sumpf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSumpfswamp, marsh; sump
2Proto-Germanicsumpazfungus, sponge; swamp, marsh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →