Where does “ligevægtskonstant” come from?

ligevægtskonstant (Danish) comes from Danish ligevægt, from Danish vægt, from Old Danish wict, from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

ligevægtskonstant (Danish): equilibrium constant

Definitions

  1. equilibrium constant

Ancestry of “ligevægtskonstant”, step by step

ligevægtskonstant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish ligevægt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishligevægtequilibrium
2Danishvægtweight; scales; Libra
3Old Danishwict
4Middle Low Germanwicht
5Old Saxonwihtcreature, person, thing, being
6Proto-West Germanicwihtithing, creature; weight
7Proto-Germanicwihtizessence, being; thing, creature; weight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Danish konstant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkonstantconstant, unchanging; constant
2Latincōnstānsstanding together
3Latinconstōto stand together
4Proto-Italickomstaēōliterally to stand together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic wihtizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic wihti
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