Where does “Pentansäure” come from?

Pentansäure (German) comes from German Pentan, 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.

Pentansäure (German): pentanoic acid

Definitions

  1. pentanoic acid

Ancestry of “Pentansäure”, step by step

Pentansäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pentan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPentanpentane (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12)
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-