Where does “taube” come from?

taube (German) comes 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.

taube (German): pigeon, dove

Definitions

  1. pigeon, dove

Ancestry of “taube”, step by step

taube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German taub

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

via Proto-West Germanic *dūbā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*dūbādove, pigeon
2Proto-Germanicdūbǭdove, pigeon

Words derived from “taube”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic daubaz →