Where does “openluchtmuseum” come from?

openluchtmuseum (Dutch) comes from Dutch openlucht, 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...

openluchtmuseum (Dutch): open-air museum

Definitions

  1. open-air museum

Ancestry of “openluchtmuseum”, step by step

openluchtmuseum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch openlucht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchopenluchtoutdoor
2Dutchluchtair; sky; odour, smell
3Middle Dutchluchtair; sky; smell, odour
4Old Dutchluft
5Proto-West Germaniclufturoof; air
6Proto-Germanicluftuzroof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewp-peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

via Dutch museum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmuseummuseum
2Latinmūsēuma place or temple devoted to the Muses
3Ancient Greekμουσεῖονa home of music poetry; a museum, a...
4Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewp-Every word from Proto-Germanic luftuz
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