Where does “Tomatensaft” come from?

Tomatensaft (German) comes from German Saft, from Middle High German Saft, from Old High German saf, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

Tomatensaft (German): tomato juice

Definitions

  1. tomato juice

Ancestry of “Tomatensaft”, step by step

Tomatensaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Saft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaftjuice; sap; fluid
2Middle High GermanSaft—
3Old High Germansaf—
4Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

via German Tomate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTomatetomato
2Frenchtomatetomato; first/third-person singular present...
3Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
4Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
5Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sap →Every word from Old High German saf →