Where does “luftfuktare” come from?

luftfuktare (Swedish) comes from Swedish fukta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.

luftfuktare (Swedish): humidifier

Definitions

  1. humidifier

Ancestry of “luftfuktare”, step by step

luftfuktare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish fukta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfuktato moisten
2Swedishafrom
3Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
4Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
5Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
6Old Swedishløpato run
7Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
8Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-

via Swedish luft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishluftair, atmosphere
2Germanluftair, atmosphere
3Middle High Germanluft
4Old High Germanluftair
5Proto-West Germaniclufturoof; air
6Proto-Germanicluftuzroof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewp-peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup-