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

Definitions

  1. trifoliate, three-leaved

Ancestry of “dreiblättrig”, step by step

dreiblättrig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German blättrig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanblättrigflaky, flaking; leafed
2GermanBlätternominative plural of Blatt; genitive plural of...
3GermanBlattleaf; petal; sheet, piece of paper
4Middle High Germanblatleaf
5Old High Germanblatleaf
6Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
7Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via German Drei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDreithree
2Middle High Germandrīthree
3Old High Germandrīthree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-