Where does “Abtropfsieb” come from?

Abtropfsieb (German) comes from German abtropfen, from German tropfen, from Middle High German tropfen, from Old High German tropfo, from Proto-West Germanic dropō, from Proto-Germanic drupô, from Proto-Germanic dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Abtropfsieb (German): colander

Definitions

  1. colander

Ancestry of “Abtropfsieb”, step by step

Abtropfsieb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German abtropfen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabtropfento drip off
2Germantropfento drop, drip; to leak
3Middle High Germantropfen—
4Old High Germantropfodrop
5Proto-West Germanicdropōdrop
6Proto-Germanicdrupôa drop
7Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

via German sieb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansiebsieve; sifter; strainer; colander; riddle any device with holes used to separate solids from liquids or fine matter from coarse matter
2Middle High Germansip—
3Old High Germansibsieve
4Proto-Germanicsibi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →