Where does “Zierpflanze” come from?

Zierpflanze (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.

Zierpflanze (German): ornamental plant

Definitions

  1. ornamental plant

Ancestry of “Zierpflanze”, step by step

Zierpflanze 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 Zier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZierornament; decoration
2Middle High Germanziere—
3Old High Germanziari—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →