Where does “Hexansäure” come from?

Hexansäure (German) comes from German Hexan, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

Hexansäure (German): hexanoic acid, caproic acid

Definitions

  1. hexanoic acid, caproic acid

Ancestry of “Hexansäure”, step by step

Hexansäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hexan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHexanhexane
2Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
3Middle High Germanānewithout
4Old High Germanānawithout
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →