Where does “treffen” come from?

treffen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old High German treffan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Ancestry of “treffen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germantreffanto hit
2Proto-West Germanic*drepanto hit, strike
3Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “treffen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drepaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drepan →