Where does “draufdrücken” come from?

draufdrücken (German) comes from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.

draufdrücken (German): to press, to push

Definitions

  1. to press, to push

Ancestry of “draufdrücken”, step by step

draufdrücken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German drücken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
2Middle High Germandrücken—
3Old High Germandrucchento press
4Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
5Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
6Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
7Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
8Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
9Proto-Italictermenos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via German drauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandraufafter; on top of
2Germandaraufafter; on top of that; on it
3Middle High Germandar uf—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic termenos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ter- →