Where does “Salicylsäure” come from?

Salicylsäure (German) comes from English salicyl, from Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik-.

Salicylsäure (German): salicylic acid

Definitions

  1. salicylic acid

Ancestry of “Salicylsäure”, step by step

Salicylsäure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English salicyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsalicylThe hydroxybenzoyl radical derived from salicylic...
2Latinsalixwillow; a willow branch
3Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—

via German Säure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäureacid
2Middle High Germansiure—

Words derived from “Salicylsäure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- →