Where does “ドデカン” come from?

ドデカン (Japanese) comes from German Dodecan, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

ドデカン (Japanese): dodecane

Definitions

  1. dodecane

Ancestry of “ドデカン”, step by step

ドデカン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Dodecan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDodecandodecane
2Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
3Middle High Germanānewithout
4Old High Germanānawithout
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English dodecane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdodecaneAny of very many isomers of the alkane having...
2Englishane—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →