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Where does “Verdampfungskühlen” come from?

Verdampfungskühlen (German) comes from German Verdampfung, from German verdampfen, from German dampf, from Middle High German dampf, from Old High German damph, from Proto-Germanic dampaz, from Proto-Germanic dimbaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰembʰ-.

Verdampfungskühlen (German): evaporative cooling

Definitions

  1. evaporative cooling

Ancestry of “Verdampfungskühlen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerdampfungevaporation, volatilization / volatilisation;...
2Germanverdampfento evaporate; to vaporize / vaporise
3Germandampfsingular imperative of dampfen; first-person...
4Middle High Germandampf—
5Old High Germandamphsteam
6Proto-Germanicdampazvapor; damp, humid
7Proto-Germanicdimbanąto fog, smoke
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰembʰ-—
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