Where does “Omega-6-Fettsäure” come from?

Omega-6-Fettsäure (German) comes from German Fettsäure, from German fett, from Middle Low German vet, from Old Saxon fētid, from Proto-West Germanic faitid, from Proto-West Germanic fait, from Proto-Germanic faitaz, from Proto-Indo-European poyH- — fat, milk.

Omega-6-Fettsäure (German): omega-6 fatty acid

Definitions

  1. omega-6 fatty acid

Ancestry of “Omega-6-Fettsäure”, step by step

Omega-6-Fettsäure traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fettsäure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFettsäurefatty acid
2Germanfettfat; rich, containing a lot of fat; bold
3Middle Low Germanvet—
4Old Saxonfētid—
5Proto-West Germanicfaitidfattened, made fat
6Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
7Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

via German sechs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechssix
2Middle High Germansehs—
3Old High Germansehssix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via German Omega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOmegaomega (last letter of the Greek alphabet)
2Ancient Greekὦ μέγαomega, the name for the twenty-fifth letter Ω, ω...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →