Where does “loftmengun” come from?
loftmengun (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mengun, from Icelandic -un, from Icelandic -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic -ōniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.
loftmengun (Icelandic): air pollution
Definitions
- air pollution
Ancestry of “loftmengun”, step by step
loftmengun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic mengun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | mengun | pollution |
| 2 | Icelandic | -un | "Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or... |
| 3 | Icelandic | -an | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | -an | Used to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |
via Icelandic loft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | loft | air; sky; loft, attic |
| 2 | Old Norse | lopt | attic; air, heaven |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |