Where does “Unkraut” come from?

Unkraut (German) comes from Middle Low German unkrūt, from Middle Low German krūt, from Old Saxon krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd — herb, plant.

Unkraut (German): weed, weeds

Definitions

  1. weed, weeds

Ancestry of “Unkraut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanunkrūt—
2Middle Low Germankrūtspices; vegetables, spices
3Old Saxonkrūd—
4Proto-West Germanic*krūdherb, plant

Words derived from “Unkraut”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krūd →Every word from Old Saxon krūd →Every word from Middle Low German krūt →