Where does “Schwefeltetrachlorid” come from?

Schwefeltetrachlorid (German) comes from German Schwefel, from Middle High German swevel, from Old High German sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.

Schwefeltetrachlorid (German): sulfur tetrachloride

Definitions

  1. sulfur tetrachloride

Ancestry of “Schwefeltetrachlorid”, step by step

Schwefeltetrachlorid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schwefel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwefelsulfur; brimstone
2Middle High Germanswevel—
3Old High Germansweval—
4Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur

via German Tetrachlorid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTetrachloridtetrachloride
2Germantetra-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic sweblaz →Every word from Old High German sweval →Every word from Middle High German swevel →