Where does “skābeklis” come from?
skābeklis (Latvian) comes from Latvian skābe, from Latvian skābt, from Latvian skābti, from Proto-Baltic skāb-ti/tey, from Proto-Indo-European skēb-.
skābeklis (Latvian): oxygen
Definitions
- oxygen
Ancestry of “skābeklis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | skābe | acid |
| 2 | Latvian | skābt | to become, go sour, acid; to become sour, surly,... |
| 3 | Latvian | skābti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | skāb-ti/tey | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skēb- | — |