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Where does “naturtrüb” come from?

naturtrüb (German) comes from German trüb, from Old High German truobi, from Proto-West Germanic drōbī, from Proto-Germanic drōbuz — turbid, disturbed, troubled.

naturtrüb (German): cloudy

Definitions

  1. cloudy

Ancestry of “naturtrüb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrübturbid, not clear; dim, sad
2Old High Germantruobi—
3Proto-West Germanicdrōbīturbid, cloudy; troubled, disturbed
4Proto-Germanicdrōbuzturbid, disturbed, troubled
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