Where does “tropfen” come from?

tropfen (German) comes from Middle High German tropfen, from Old High German tropfo, from Proto-West Germanic dropō, from Proto-Germanic drupô, from Proto-Germanic dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

tropfen (German): to drop, drip; to leak

Definitions

  1. to drop, drip; to leak

Ancestry of “tropfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantropfen—
2Old High Germantropfodrop
3Proto-West Germanicdropōdrop
4Proto-Germanicdrupôa drop
5Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “tropfen”

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