Where does “lufttryk” come from?
lufttryk (Danish) comes from Danish tryk, from Danish trykke, from Old Norse þrykkja, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.
lufttryk (Danish): atmospheric pressure
Definitions
- atmospheric pressure
Ancestry of “lufttryk”, step by step
lufttryk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish tryk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tryk | pressure; stress; imperative of trykke |
| 2 | Danish | trykke | to press; to print |
| 3 | Old Norse | þrykkja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
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... |