Where does “Äpfelsäure” come from?

Äpfelsäure (German) comes from German apfel, from Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic applu, from Proto-Germanic aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl — apple.

Äpfelsäure (German): malic acid

Definitions

  1. malic acid

Ancestry of “Äpfelsäure”, step by step

Äpfelsäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German apfel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanapfelapple fruit
2Middle High Germanapfelapple
3Old High Germanapfulapple
4Proto-West Germanicappluapple, fruit
5Proto-Germanicaplazapple, fruit
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl →