Where does “stuwkracht” come from?

stuwkracht (Dutch) comes from Dutch kracht, from Middle Dutch cracht, from Old Dutch craft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

stuwkracht (Dutch): impulse

Definitions

  1. impulse

Ancestry of “stuwkracht”, step by step

stuwkracht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kracht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkrachtpower, force, strength; force
2Middle Dutchcrachtstrength; force
3Old Dutchcraftstrength, power, force
4Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
5Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
6Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Dutch stuw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstuwweir
2Middle Dutchstouwe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -þuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz