Where does “Trockenübung” come from?

Trockenübung (German) comes from German trocken, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Trockenübung (German): dry run

Definitions

  1. dry run

Ancestry of “Trockenübung”, step by step

Trockenübung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German trocken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrockendry
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German Übung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanÜbungpractice; practice; exercise; training; workout;...
2Middle High Germanüebunge—
3Old High Germanuobunga—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →
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