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

  1. tropical island

Ancestry of “Tropeninsel”, step by step

Tropeninsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tropen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTropentropics; plural of Tropus; plural of Trope
2Ancient Greekτροπαί
3Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
4Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via German insel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaninselan island, an isle
2Middle High Germaninsel
3LatinĪnsula
4Proto-Italicenselā
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂
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