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Where does “sølvnitrat” come from?

sølvnitrat (Danish) comes from Danish nitrat, from Latin nitrum, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

sølvnitrat (Danish): silver nitrate

Definitions

  1. silver nitrate

Ancestry of “sølvnitrat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishnitratnitrate
2LatinnitrumVarious alkalis
3Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
4Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
5Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
6Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
7Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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