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Where does “fruchtig” come from?

fruchtig (German) comes from German frucht, from Middle High German fruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃rom — to give.

fruchtig (German): fruity

Definitions

  1. fruity

Ancestry of “fruchtig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfrucht—
2Middle High Germanfruht—
3Old High Germanfruht—
4Proto-West Germanic*fruht—
5Latinfrūctus—
6Ancient Greekδῶρονgift; hand's width
7Proto-Hellenicdṓrongift
8Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₃romgift
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →