Where does “Tropeninsel” come from?
Tropeninsel (German) comes from German Tropen, from Ancient Greek τροπαί, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
Tropeninsel (German): tropical island
Definitions
- tropical island
Ancestry of “Tropeninsel”, step by step
Tropeninsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |