Where does “kraftmoment” come from?

kraftmoment (Danish) comes from Danish kraft, from Old Norse kraptr, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kraftmoment (Danish): torque

Definitions

  1. torque

Ancestry of “kraftmoment”, step by step

kraftmoment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkraftstrength; force
2Old Norsekraptrstrength
3Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Danish moment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmomentmoment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -þuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz