Where does “avdunsta” come from?

avdunsta (Swedish) comes from Swedish av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

avdunsta (Swedish): to evaporate

Definitions

  1. to evaporate

Ancestry of “avdunsta”, step by step

avdunsta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish av

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishavfrom; starting at; by
2Old Norseafof, from, off, by
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Swedish dunsta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdunstato evaporate
2Germandünstento steam, to braise, to stew
3Middle High Germandunsten—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Norse af →