Where does “pienskābe” come from?

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

pienskābe (Latvian): lactic acid

Definitions

  1. lactic acid

Ancestry of “pienskābe”, step by step

pienskābe 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 piens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpiensmilk
2Proto-Baltic*pā́ˀinas—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyHnos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skēb- →Every word from Proto-Baltic skāb-ti/tey →Every word from Latvian skābti →