English

gifblaar

Gifblaar comes from Afrikaans gifblaar.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of gif ‘poison’ + blaar ‘leaf’

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give’

Proto-Germanic *gebaną ‘to give’

Proto-Germanic *giftiz ‘giving, gift’

Old Dutch *gift

Middle Dutch gift

Dutch gif ‘poison, venom, toxin’

Afrikaans gif ‘poison’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘bloom, flower’

Proto-Germanic *bladą ‘leaf (of a plant)’

Proto-West Germanic *blad ‘leaf’

Old Dutch *blat

Middle Dutch blat ‘leaf’

Dutch blad ‘leaf’

Dutch blaren ‘leaves’

Afrikaans blaar ‘leaf’

Every English word from Afrikaans gifblaar

noun Dichapetalum cymosum, a poisonous plant.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.