Where does “lugversorger” come from?

lugversorger (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans lug, from Dutch lucht, from Middle Dutch lucht, from Old Dutch luft, from Proto-West Germanic luftu, from Proto-Germanic luftuz, from Proto-Indo-European lewp-, from Proto-Indo-European lew- — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

lugversorger (Afrikaans): air conditioner

Definitions

  1. air conditioner

Ancestry of “lugversorger”, step by step

lugversorger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans lug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanslugair
2Dutchluchtair; sky; odour, smell
3Middle Dutchluchtair; sky; smell, odour
4Old Dutchluft
5Proto-West Germaniclufturoof; air
6Proto-Germanicluftuzroof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewp-peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

via German Versorger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVersorgeragent noun of versorgen; supplier, provider
2Germanversorgento look after; to treat; to supply
3Germansorgēnto take care of, to care for, to look after
4Middle High Germansorgen
5Old High Germansorgēn
6Proto-West Germanicsorgēnto worry, to be sad
7Proto-Germanicsurgānąto worry, be concerned
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswergʰ-to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lew-