Where does “umdrehen” come from?

umdrehen (German) comes from German drehen, from Middle High German dræjen, from Old High German drāen, from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

umdrehen (German): to turn, to turn around, to flip, to reverse; to...

Definitions

  1. to turn, to turn around, to flip, to reverse; to...

Ancestry of “umdrehen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandrehento turn, revolve, rotate, roll; to shoot; to veer
2Middle High Germandræjen—
3Old High Germandrāento turn; to twist; turn
4Proto-West Germanicþrāanto twist
5Proto-Germanicþrēanąto twist, to turn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “umdrehen”

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