Where does “tyngdekraft” come from?

tyngdekraft (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.

tyngdekraft (Danish): gravity

Definitions

  1. gravity

Ancestry of “tyngdekraft”, step by step

tyngdekraft 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 tyngde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtyngdeheaviness, weight; importance, strength; gravity
2Old Norseþyngd—
3Proto-Germanicþungiþō—
4Proto-Germanicþunguzheavy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanténgʰus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz →
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