Where does “ドトリアコンタン” come from?

ドトリアコンタン (Japanese) comes from English dotriacontane, from English tri-, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ドトリアコンタン (Japanese): dotriacontane

Definitions

  1. dotriacontane

Ancestry of “ドトリアコンタン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdotriacontaneAny of very many isomers of the aliphatic...
2Englishtri-API; three; Used in combination with a known...
3Sanskritत्रिthree
4Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from English tri- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →