Where does “trikloorietikkahappo” come from?

trikloorietikkahappo (Finnish) comes from Finnish etikkahappo, from Finnish etikka, from Swedish ättika, from Old Norse edik, from Dutch edik, from Middle Dutch edic, from Old Dutch etig, from Proto-Germanic *atek — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

trikloorietikkahappo (Finnish): trichloroacetic acid

Definitions

  1. trichloroacetic acid

Ancestry of “trikloorietikkahappo”, step by step

trikloorietikkahappo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etikkahappo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetikkahappoacetic acid
2Finnishetikkavinegar
3Swedishättikavinegar
4Old Norseedik
5Dutchedikvinegar, especially dilute vinegar used as a...
6Middle Dutchedicvinegar
7Old Dutchetig
8Proto-Germanic*atek
9Latinacētumvinegar
10French-ateate
11Latin-ātused
12Proto-Italic-ātos
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Finnish kloori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkloorichlorine
2Swedishklorchlorine
3EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos