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Where does “Kettenmolekül” come from?

Kettenmolekül (German) comes from German kette, from Middle High German keten, from Old High German ketinna, from Proto-Germanic *katinnjā, from Vulgar Latin *catenia, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Kettenmolekül (German): chain molecule

Definitions

  1. chain molecule

Ancestry of “Kettenmolekül”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankette—
2Middle High Germanketen—
3Old High Germanketinna—
4Proto-Germanic*katinnjā—
5Vulgar Latin*catenia—
6Latincatēna—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
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