Where does “verluchtigen” come from?
verluchtigen (Dutch) comes from Dutch luchtig, 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...
verluchtigen (Dutch): to air, ventilate (archaic)
Definitions
- to air, ventilate (archaic)
Ancestry of “verluchtigen”, step by step
verluchtigen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch luchtig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | luchtig | airy; light, lite, notably said of food;... |
| 2 | Dutch | lucht | air; sky; odour, smell |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lucht | air; sky; smell, odour |
| 4 | Old Dutch | luft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |