Where does “Natriumdampflicht” come from?

Natriumdampflicht (German) comes from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.

Natriumdampflicht (German): sodium vapour lamp

Definitions

  1. sodium vapour lamp

Ancestry of “Natriumdampflicht”, step by step

Natriumdampflicht traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German licht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlichtlight, bright; unobstructed, clear
2GermanDruckpressure; print
3Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
4Middle High Germandrücken
5Old High Germandrucchento press
6Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
7Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
8Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
9Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
10Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
11Proto-Italictermenos
12Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via German Natrium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNatriumsodium
2New Latinnatriumsodium
3GermanNatronbicarb
4Spanishnatrónnatron
5Arabicنَطْرُون
6Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
7Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
8Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
9Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
10Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t

via German dampf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandampfsingular imperative of dampfen; first-person...
2Middle High Germandampf
3Old High Germandamphsteam
4Proto-Germanicdampazvapor; damp, humid
5Proto-Germanicdimbanąto fog, smoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰembʰ-to be stunned
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥