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Where does “pfluma” come from?

pfluma (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *plūmā, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον — A plum fruit.

Ancestry of “pfluma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*plūmā—
2Latinprūnum—
3Ancient Greekπροῦνον—
4Ancient GreekπροῦμνονA plum fruit

Words derived from “pfluma”

  • Pflaumensaft
  • Pflaume
  • Trockenpflaume
  • Backpflaume
  • Pflaumenbaum
  • pfruma
  • pflume
  • pflūme
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