Where does “zsírsav” come from?

zsírsav (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian zsír, from Proto-Slavic žirъ — feed?, fodder?, grease?.

zsírsav (Hungarian): fatty acid a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated

Definitions

  1. fatty acid a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated

Ancestry of “zsírsav”, step by step

zsírsav traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian zsír

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianzsírfat; fatty, adipose; awesome, cool, rad
2Proto-Slavicžirъfeed?, fodder?, grease?

via Hungarian sáv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansávstripe, streak; lane

Words derived from “zsírsav”

Every word from Proto-Slavic žirъ →Every word from Hungarian zsír →