köken: From Middle High German tuft, from Old High German duft, thuft, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, be obscured”) (DWDS); cognate with Danish duft (“fragrance”) and possibly Ancient Greek τῠφλός (tŭphlós, “blind”). The Middle High German t- is an irregular hardening (compare tausend) that was undone in modern German.
aile: duften, duftig, Duftbaum
Er bemerkte einen süßlichen Duft als er die Küche betrat.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁g- Ecclesiastical Latin fragrō Ecclesiastical Latin fragrāns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Ecclesiastical Latin -ius Ecclesiastical Latin -ia Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantiabor. French fragrance Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantia, from fragrō, fragrāre. Related to flairer, which was inherited.
köken: From Middle Persian [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to smell”), which is perhaps a semantic specialization of Proto-Iranian *bawd- (“to feel, sense”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Akin to Old Armenian բոյր (boyr), an Iranian borrowing.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek *ἄρ- (*ár-) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma) Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma)bor. Latin arōmatembor. French aromatebor. Polish aromat Borrowed from French aromate, borrowed from Latin arōmatem (“spice, herb”), borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα…