Where does “Tropfenform” come from?

Tropfenform (German) comes from German Form, from Italian forma, from Russian фо́рма, from French forme, from Middle French forme, from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma — shape, form; appearance; outline.

Tropfenform (German): drop shape

Definitions

  1. drop shape

Ancestry of “Tropfenform”, step by step

Tropfenform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Form

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFormshape; form
2Italianformaform; shape; mould
3Russianфо́рмаform
4Frenchformeshape; form
5Middle Frenchformeform
6Old Frenchformeshape, aspect, form
7Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
8Etruscanmorma—
9Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline

via German tropfen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantropfento drop, drip; to leak
2Middle High Germantropfen—
3Old High Germantropfodrop
4Proto-West Germanicdropōdrop
5Proto-Germanicdrupôa drop
6Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...
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