Where does “donkraft” come from?

donkraft (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German dumkraft, from Old Saxon thumo, from Proto-West Germanic þūmō, from Proto-Germanic þūmô, from Proto-Indo-European tūm-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

donkraft (Norwegian Nynorsk): a jack lifting device

Definitions

  1. a jack lifting device

Ancestry of “donkraft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandumkraft—
2Old Saxonthumothumb
3Proto-West Germanicþūmōthumb
4Proto-Germanicþūmôthumb
5Proto-Indo-Europeantūm-to grow; to swell, to increase; to swell, be...
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tūm- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þūmô →