Where does “трема” come from?
трема (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Trema, from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
трема (Serbo-Croatian): stage fright
Ancestry of “трема”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Trema | trema |
| 2 | French | tréma | a trema, a diaeresis mark |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τρῆμα | hole, aperture, perforation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |