Where does “luftfugtighed” come from?
luftfugtighed (Danish) comes from Danish fugtighed, from Danish fugtig, from Middle Low German vuchtich, from Middle Dutch vucht, from Old Saxon fuht, from Proto-West Germanic fų̄ht, from Proto-Germanic funhtijaz, from Proto-Indo-European pnkt- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...
luftfugtighed (Danish): humidity
Definitions
- humidity
Ancestry of “luftfugtighed”, step by step
luftfugtighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish fugtighed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fugtighed | humidity |
| 2 | Danish | fugtig | moist, humid, wet |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vuchtich | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vucht | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | fuht | wet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fų̄ht | wet |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | funhtijaz | wet; damp; moist |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pnkt- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pen-k- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pen- | bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,... |
via Danish luft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | luft | air |
| 2 | Middle Low German | luft | air, smell |
| 3 | Old Saxon | luft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |