duft
Danish
[ˈd̥ɔfd̥]
noun
Definitions
- a scent, fragrance
- a smell nice, pleasant smell
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish duft (powder) inherited from Old Norse dupt (powder) inherited from Proto-Germanic *duftaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰewbʰ-
Gloss
whisk, smoke, darken, obscure, black, deep, be obscured, plug, wedge, peg, be obscure, whirl, smoky, foggy, dim, mist, stupefaction, daze
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
煙
Emoji
🌋 🚬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abysmal English
- deafen English
- paratyphoid English
- paratyphoid fever English
- Duft German
- Duftrauchbrenner German
- Duftstoff German
- duften German
- duftig German
- dumm German
- dom Dutch, Flemish
- τυφλός Ancient Greek
- ἄβυσσος Ancient Greek
- *bʰudʰn-, *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *dhubh- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewbʰ-nós Proto-Indo-European
- *daubaz Proto-Germanic
- *daupijaną Proto-Germanic
- *daupīniz Proto-Germanic
- *deupaz Proto-Germanic
- *diupiþō Proto-Germanic
- *diupį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *dubjaną Proto-Germanic
- *duftaz Proto-Germanic
- *dumbaz Proto-Germanic
- *dūbǭ Proto-Germanic
- doft Swedish
- dofta Swedish
- dofinn Old Norse
- dupt Old Norse
- dufte Danish
- *dubъkъ Proto-Slavic
- *dupľa Proto-Slavic
- duft Old High German
- thuft Old High German
- tuft Middle High German
- Doft Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *dubus Proto-Celtic
- dumb Middle Low German
- *dubna Proto-Albanian
- duft Old Danish