Where does “Umweltchemie” come from?
Umweltchemie (German) comes from German Umwelt, from German welt, from Middle High German werlt, from Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic weraldi, from Proto-Germanic weraldiz, from Proto-Germanic weraz, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Umweltchemie (German): environmental chemistry
Definitions
- environmental chemistry
Ancestry of “Umweltchemie”, step by step
Umweltchemie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Umwelt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Umwelt | environment; milieu; surroundings; environment;... |
| 2 | German | welt | world |
| 3 | Middle High German | werlt | world |
| 4 | Old High German | weralt | world |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via German Chemie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Chemie | chemistry |
| 2 | German | Alchemie | alchemy |
| 3 | Latin | alchēmia | alchemy |
| 4 | Arabic | كيمياء | chemistry |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χυμείᾱ | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |