Where does “telítetlen zsírsav” come from?

telítetlen zsírsav (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian telítetlen, from Hungarian telít, from Hungarian tél, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

telítetlen zsírsav (Hungarian): unsaturated fatty acid

Definitions

  1. unsaturated fatty acid

Ancestry of “telítetlen zsírsav”, step by step

telítetlen zsírsav traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian telítetlen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantelítetlenunsaturated
2Hungariantelítto saturate
3Hungariantélwinter
4Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Hungarian zsírsav

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzsírsavfatty acid a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated
2Hungarianzsírfat; fatty, adipose; awesome, cool, rad
3Proto-Slavicžirъfeed?, fodder?, grease?
Every word from Proto-Uralic tälwäEvery word from Hungarian télEvery word from Hungarian telít