Where does “Fruchtboom” come from?
Fruchtboom (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Frucht, from Middle Low German vrucht, from Old Saxon fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin frūctus, from Ancient Greek δῶρον, from Proto-Hellenic dṓron, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃rom — to give.
Fruchtboom (Plautdietsch): fruit tree
Definitions
- fruit tree
Ancestry of “Fruchtboom”, step by step
Fruchtboom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Frucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Frucht | fruit |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vrucht | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | fruht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fruht | fruit |
| 5 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |