Where does “Menschentraube” come from?

Menschentraube (German) comes from German traube, from Middle High German trūbe, from Old High German drūbo, from Proto-West Germanic þrūbō, from Proto-West Germanic þrubō, from Proto-Germanic þrubô, from Proto-Indo-European trup-ḗn ~ trup-nés, from Proto-Indo-European -ḗn — Derives nouns from roots.

Menschentraube (German): small crowd

Definitions

  1. small crowd

Ancestry of “Menschentraube”, step by step

Menschentraube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German traube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantraubegrape
2Middle High Germantrūbegrape fruit
3Old High Germandrūbogrape
4Proto-West Germanicþrūbōcluster; grape
5Proto-West Germanicþrubōcluster, bunch
6Proto-Germanicþrubô—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantrup-ḗn ~ trup-nés—
8Proto-Indo-European-ḗnDerives nouns from roots

via German mensch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmenschone, they
2Middle High Germanmensche—
3Old High Germanmenniskoa man; a human; a human being
4Proto-West Germanic*mannisk—
5Proto-Germanicmanniskazhuman
6Proto-Germanic*mann-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
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