Where does “Trockenbatterie” come from?

Trockenbatterie (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.

Trockenbatterie (German): dry battery, dry cell

Definitions

  1. dry battery, dry cell

Ancestry of “Trockenbatterie”, step by step

Trockenbatterie 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 Batterie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBatteriebattery
2Frenchbatteriebattery; percussion, drum kit, battery/batterie;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →