Where does “Aufklärungsdrohne” come from?

Aufklärungsdrohne (German) comes from German Drohne, from Middle Low German drōne, from Old Saxon drāna, from Proto-West Germanic drānu, from Proto-Germanic drēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n-.

Aufklärungsdrohne (German): reconnaissance drone

Definitions

  1. reconnaissance drone

Ancestry of “Aufklärungsdrohne”, step by step

Aufklärungsdrohne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Drohne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDrohnedrone; sponger, parasite
2Middle Low Germandrōne
3Old Saxondrāna
4Proto-West Germanicdrānudrone, male bee
5Proto-Germanicdrēnuzmale bee or wasp; drone
6Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₁n-

via German Aufklärung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufklärungthe act of enlightening; an instance of...
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n-Every word from Proto-Germanic drēnuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic drānu
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