Where does “аметанол” come from?
аметанол (Abkhaz) comes from Russian метано́л, from German Methanol, from German Methan, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
аметанол (Abkhaz): methanol
Ancestry of “аметанол”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | метано́л | — |
| 2 | German | Methanol | — |
| 3 | German | Methan | methane |
| 4 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |