Where does “etiķskābe” come from?

etiķskābe (Latvian) comes from Latvian skābe, from Latvian skābt, from Latvian skābti, from Proto-Baltic skāb-ti/tey, from Proto-Indo-European skēb-.

etiķskābe (Latvian): acetic acid

Definitions

  1. acetic acid

Ancestry of “etiķskābe”, step by step

etiķskābe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian skābe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianskābeacid
2Latvianskābtto become, go sour, acid; to become sour, surly,...
3Latvianskābti—
4Proto-Balticskāb-ti/tey—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskēb-—

via Latvian etiķis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianetiķisvinegar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skēb- →Every word from Proto-Baltic skāb-ti/tey →Every word from Latvian skābti →