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Where does “isovalerate” come from?

isovalerate (English) comes from English isovaleric acid, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel, from German Dachshund — to sire, beget.

isovalerate (English): Any salt or ester of isovaleric acid

Definitions

  1. Any salt or ester of isovaleric acid

Ancestry of “isovalerate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishisovaleric acidA natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found...
2EnglishISOA disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...
3Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
4Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
5Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
6Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
7GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
8GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
9GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
10Old High Germandahs—
11Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
12Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
13Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
14Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
15Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “isovalerate”

  • ketoisovalerate
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