Where does “trennen” come from?
trennen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German trennen, from Proto-West Germanic *trannijan, from Proto-Germanic trannijaną, from Proto-Germanic trinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Ancestry of “trennen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | trennen | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *trannijan | to cause to separate |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | trannijaną | to cause to separate; to divide; separate |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | trinnaną | to separate oneself |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |