Where does “Wirtspflanze” come from?

Wirtspflanze (German) comes from German Pflanze, from Old High German pflanza, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

Wirtspflanze (German): host plant

Definitions

  1. host plant

Ancestry of “Wirtspflanze”, step by step

Wirtspflanze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pflanze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPflanzeplant
2Old High Germanpflanzaplant
3Latinplantaany vegetable production that serves to propagate...
4Proto-Italicplāntā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléh₂-n̥t-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via German wirt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwirtpubkeeper; innkeeper
2Middle High Germanwirt—
3Old High Germanwirthost
4Proto-Germanicwerduzhost
5Proto-Germanic(H)uer-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic plāntā →