English thistle

← Old English þistel (inherited)

← German Distel (cognate)

← English stick (cognate)

← Middle English thistel (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *þistilaz (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (derived)

← Icelandic þistill (cognate)

← Dutch distel (cognate)

← Scots thrissel (cognate)

→ English thistledown (compound)

→ English thistlelike (suffix)

→ English thistlewarp (compound)

→ English thistly (suffix)

→ English starthistle (compound)

→ English Russian thistle (mention)

→ English wood-thistle (affix)

→ English thistletail (compound)

→ German Distel (cognate)

→ Galician toxo (mention)

→ Luxembourgish Dëschtel (cognate)

→ Pennsylvania German Dischdel (cognate)