Where does “slāpekļskābe” come from?
slāpekļskābe (Latvian) comes from Latvian skābe, from Latvian skābt, from Latvian skābti, from Proto-Baltic skāb-ti/tey, from Proto-Indo-European skēb-.
slāpekļskābe (Latvian): nitric acid
Definitions
- nitric acid
Ancestry of “slāpekļskābe”, step by step
slāpekļskābe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian skābe
| 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- | — |