Where does “Kropftaube” come from?
Kropftaube (German) comes from German taube, from German taub, from Middle High German toup, from Old High German toub, from Proto-West Germanic daub, from Proto-Germanic daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
Kropftaube (German): pouter, cropper breed of pigeon with a large crop
Definitions
- pouter, cropper breed of pigeon with a large crop
Ancestry of “Kropftaube”, step by step
Kropftaube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German taube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | taube | pigeon, dove |
| 2 | German | taub | deaf; numb; empty |
| 3 | Middle High German | toup | — |
| 4 | Old High German | toub | deaf |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | daub | stunned; deaf |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | daubaz | stunned; deaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via German kropf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kropf | crop, craw part of a bird's throat |
| 2 | Middle High German | kropf | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kropf | crop, craw |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kropp | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |