Where does “Kohlenhydrat” come from?

Kohlenhydrat (German) comes from German Kohle, from Middle High German kole, from German Kohl, from Middle High German kōl, from Old High German kol, from Proto-West Germanic kol, from Proto-Germanic kulą, from Proto-Indo-European gʷol- — to burn; to shine.

Kohlenhydrat (German): carbohydrate

Definitions

  1. carbohydrate

Ancestry of “Kohlenhydrat”, step by step

Kohlenhydrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kohle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKohlecoal; a coal; a piece of coal; money; dough; dosh
2Middle High Germankole—
3GermanKohlcabbage; nonsense; idle talk
4Middle High Germankōl—
5Old High Germankolcoal
6Proto-West Germanickolcoal
7Proto-Germanickulącoal
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷol-—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵwelH-to burn; to shine

via German Hydrat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHydrathydrate
2Frenchhydratépast participle of hydrater
3French-ateate
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “Kohlenhydrat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵwelH- →