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Where does “traube” come from?

traube (German) comes from Middle High German trūbe, from Old High German drūbo, from Proto-West Germanic þrūbō, from Proto-West Germanic þrubō, from Proto-Germanic þrubô, from Proto-Indo-European trup-ḗn ~ trup-nés, from Proto-Indo-European -ḗn — Derives nouns from roots.

Ancestry of “traube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantrūbe—
2Old High Germandrūbo—
3Proto-West Germanicþrūbōcluster; grape
4Proto-West Germanicþrubō—
5Proto-Germanicþrubô—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantrup-ḗn ~ trup-nés—
7Proto-Indo-European-ḗnDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḗn →