Where does “Venusfliegenfalle” come from?

Venusfliegenfalle (German) comes from German Venus, from Latin venus, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

Venusfliegenfalle (German): Venus flytrap

Definitions

  1. Venus flytrap

Ancestry of “Venusfliegenfalle”, step by step

Venusfliegenfalle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Venus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVenusVenus
2Latinvenussale, purchase
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

via German Fliegenfalle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFliegenfalle—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Latin venus →Every word from German Venus →