Where does “Schweißtropfen” come from?

Schweißtropfen (German) comes 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...

Schweißtropfen (German): sweatdrop

Definitions

  1. sweatdrop

Ancestry of “Schweißtropfen”, step by step

Schweißtropfen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tropfen

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

via German Schweiß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchweißsweat; blood of the game
2Middle High Germansweiz—
3Old High Germansweiz—
4Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
6Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →