Where does “luchtverontreiniging” come from?
luchtverontreiniging (Dutch) comes from Dutch verontreiniging, from Dutch verontreinigen, from Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.
luchtverontreiniging (Dutch): air pollution
Definitions
- air pollution
Ancestry of “luchtverontreiniging”, step by step
luchtverontreiniging traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verontreiniging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verontreiniging | pollution |
| 2 | Dutch | verontreinigen | to pollute |
| 3 | Dutch | ver- | to do or to become what the stem refers to; used... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via Dutch lucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lucht | air; sky; odour, smell |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lucht | air; sky; smell, odour |
| 3 | Old Dutch | 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... |