Where does “Wandertaube” come from?

Wandertaube (German) comes from German taube, from German taub, from Middle High German toup, from Old High German toub, from Proto-West Germanic daub, from Proto-Germanic daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Wandertaube (German): passenger pigeon

Definitions

  1. passenger pigeon

Ancestry of “Wandertaube”, step by step

Wandertaube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German taube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantaubepigeon, dove
2Germantaubdeaf; numb; empty
3Middle High Germantoup—
4Old High Germantoubdeaf
5Proto-West Germanicdaubstunned; deaf
6Proto-Germanicdaubazstunned; deaf
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via German wandern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwandernto hike; to wander, to migrate, to move...
2Middle High Germanwandern—
3Old High Germanwantaronwantarōn
4Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic daubaz →