Where does “Tropenholz” come from?
Tropenholz (German) comes from German holz, from Middle High German holz, from Old High German holz, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.
Tropenholz (German): tropical wood; wood rendered from tropical woody plants
Definitions
- tropical wood; wood rendered from tropical woody plants
Ancestry of “Tropenholz”, step by step
Tropenholz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German holz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | holz | wood material |
| 2 | Middle High German | holz | — |
| 3 | Old High German | holz | wood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |
via German Tropen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tropen | tropics; plural of Tropus; plural of Trope |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τροπαί | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |