Where does “Trocknungsmittel” come from?
Trocknungsmittel (German) comes from German Trocknung, from German trocknen, 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 — adjectival suffix.
Trocknungsmittel (German): desiccant
Definitions
- desiccant
Ancestry of “Trocknungsmittel”, step by step
Trocknungsmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Trocknung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Trocknung | drying |
| 2 | German | trocknen | to dry |
| 3 | German | trocken | dry |
| 4 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 5 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 6 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via German mittel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mittel | middle, in the middle; average, middling |
| 2 | Middle High German | mittel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mittil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |