Where does “ラプンツェル” come from?

ラプンツェル (Japanese) comes from German Rapunzel, from Latin rapuntium, from Latin rapunculus, from Latin rapum, from Proto-Indo-European rap.

ラプンツェル (Japanese): Rapunzel

Definitions

  1. Rapunzel

Ancestry of “ラプンツェル”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRapunzellamb's lettuce; rampion; spiked rampion
2Latinrapuntium—
3Latinrapunculus—
4Latinrapumturnip
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrap—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rap →Every word from Latin rapum →Every word from Latin rapunculus →