Where does “luchten” come from?

luchten (Dutch) comes 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...

luchten (Dutch): to air, bring something into contact with the...

Definitions

  1. to air, bring something into contact with the...

Ancestry of “luchten”, step by step

luchten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lucht

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

via Middle Dutch luchten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchluchten
2Old Dutchliuhtento shine, illuminate
3Proto-West Germanicliuhtijanto shine, to illuminate
4Proto-Germanicliuhtijanąto give light, shine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

Words derived from “luchten

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewp-Every word from Proto-Germanic luftuz