Where does “Tautropfen” come from?

Tautropfen (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...

Tautropfen (German): dewdrop

Definitions

  1. dewdrop

Ancestry of “Tautropfen”, step by step

Tautropfen 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 tau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantaudew
2Middle High Germantou—
3Old High Germandoudiscipline, coercion, tuition
4Old High Germantoudew
5Proto-Germanic*dawwaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →