Where does “טראָפּן” come from?

טראָפּן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טראָפּ, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

טראָפּן (Yiddish): drop of liquid

Definitions

  1. drop of liquid

Ancestry of “טראָפּן”, step by step

טראָפּן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish טראָפּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטראָפּstress; trope
2Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
3Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
4Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Middle High German tropfen

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 “טראָפּן

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή