Where does “bikarbonat” come from?

bikarbonat (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål karbonat, from French carbonate, from French carbone, from Latin carbō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

bikarbonat (Norwegian Bokmål): bicarbonate, an older name for hydrogenkarbonat

Definitions

  1. bicarbonate, an older name for hydrogenkarbonat

Ancestry of “bikarbonat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkarbonata carbonate
2Frenchcarbonatecarbonate
3Frenchcarbonecarbon
4Latincarbōcharcoal, coal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →