Where does “dampdruk” come from?

dampdruk (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch dampdruk, from Dutch damp, from Middle Dutch damp, from Old Dutch *damp, from Proto-Germanic dampaz, from Proto-Germanic dimbaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰembʰ- — to be stunned.

dampdruk (Afrikaans): vapor pressure

Definitions

  1. vapor pressure

Ancestry of “dampdruk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdampdrukvapor pressure
2Dutchdampvapour (UK), vapor (US)
3Middle Dutchdamp
4Old Dutch*damp
5Proto-Germanicdampazvapor; damp, humid
6Proto-Germanicdimbanąto fog, smoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰembʰ-to be stunned
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰembʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic dimbanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic dampaz
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