Where does “dreiblättrig” come from?
dreiblättrig (German) comes from German blättrig, from German Blätter, from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto.
dreiblättrig (German): trifoliate, three-leaved
Ancestry of “dreiblättrig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | blättrig | flaky, flaking; leafed |
| 2 | German | Blätter | nominative plural of Blatt; genitive plural of... |
| 3 | German | Blatt | leaf; petal; sheet, piece of paper |
| 4 | Middle High German | blat | — |
| 5 | Old High German | blat | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |