Where does “luftballong” come from?
luftballong (Swedish) comes from Swedish ballong, from Italian pallone, from Spanish balón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton.
luftballong (Swedish): hot-air balloon
Definitions
- hot-air balloon
Ancestry of “luftballong”, step by step
luftballong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ballong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ballong | a balloon |
| 2 | Italian | pallone | ball, football; balloon, aerostat |
| 3 | Spanish | balón | ball; balloon |
| 4 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 5 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 6 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 7 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 8 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 9 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 10 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 11 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 12 | French | -ate | ate |
| 13 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
via Swedish luft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | luft | air, atmosphere |
| 2 | German | luft | air, atmosphere |
| 3 | Middle High German | luft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | luft | air |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |