Where does “edelgass” come from?

edelgass (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk gass, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

edelgass (Norwegian Nynorsk): a noble gas or inert gas

Definitions

  1. a noble gas or inert gas

Ancestry of “edelgass”, step by step

edelgass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk gass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgassgas
2Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
3Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
4Middle High Germangazze—
5Old High Germangazzalane
6Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
7Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via Norwegian Nynorsk edel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskedelnoble
2Low Germanedel—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā →