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Where does “Taubenblume” come from?

Taubenblume (German) comes from German taube, from German taub, from Middle High German toup, from Old High German toub, from Proto-West Germanic daub, from Proto-Germanic daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Taubenblume (German): common columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris

Definitions

  1. common columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris

Ancestry of “Taubenblume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantaube
2Germantaubdeaf; numb; empty
3Middle High Germantoup—
4Old High Germantoubdeaf
5Proto-West Germanicdaubstunned; deaf
6Proto-Germanicdaubazstunned; deaf
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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