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
- common columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris
Ancestry of “Taubenblume”, step by step
Taubenblume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German taube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | taube | pigeon, dove |
| 2 | German | taub | deaf; numb; empty |
| 3 | Middle High German | toup | — |
| 4 | Old High German | toub | deaf |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | daub | stunned; deaf |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | daubaz | stunned; deaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via German blume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blume | flower, blossom colorful, conspicuous reproductive structure(s) of an angiosperm |
| 2 | Middle High German | bluome | flower |
| 3 | Old High German | bluomo | bloom |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |