Where does “staubtrocken” come from?

staubtrocken (German) comes from German trocken, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

staubtrocken (German): very dry

Definitions

  1. very dry

Ancestry of “staubtrocken”, step by step

staubtrocken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German trocken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrockendry
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German staub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstaubdust
2Old High Germanstoup—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →