Where does “poppel” come from?

poppel (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Low German poppele, from Latin pōpulus, from Proto-Italic poplos — army.

poppel (Norwegian Nynorsk): a poplar

Definitions

  1. a poplar

Ancestry of “poppel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanpoppele—
2Latinpōpulusa people, nation
3Proto-Italicpoplosarmy
Every word from Proto-Italic poplos →Every word from Latin pōpulus →Every word from Low German poppele →