Where does “luftkvalitet” come from?
luftkvalitet (Swedish) comes from Swedish kvalitet, from German Qualität, from French qualité, from Latin qualitas, from Ancient Greek ποιότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
luftkvalitet (Swedish): air quality
Definitions
- air quality
Ancestry of “luftkvalitet”, step by step
luftkvalitet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kvalitet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kvalitet | quality; a quality, a property |
| 2 | German | Qualität | quality |
| 3 | French | qualité | quality |
| 4 | Latin | qualitas | quality, property |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ποιότης | quality |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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... |