Where does “krokodillentranen” come from?
krokodillentranen (Dutch) comes from Dutch tranen, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
krokodillentranen (Dutch): crocodile tears insincere display of sadness
Definitions
- crocodile tears insincere display of sadness
Ancestry of “krokodillentranen”, step by step
krokodillentranen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tranen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tranen | to tear, to shed tears |
| 2 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch krokodil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | krokodil | crocodile |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | crocodil | — |
| 3 | Latin | crocodīlus | A crocodile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κροκόδειλος | lizard; crocodile; A fallacy of the sophists |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρόκη | thread which is passed between the threads of the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρέκω | to weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kreḱ- | to weave |