Where does “sorbinsyre” come from?

sorbinsyre (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin sorbum, from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.

sorbinsyre (Norwegian Bokmål): sorbic acid

Definitions

  1. sorbic acid

Ancestry of “sorbinsyre”, step by step

sorbinsyre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sorbum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsorbumsorb, fruit of the service tree
2Latinsorbussorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
3Indo-European*ser-—

via Norwegian Bokmål syre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsyreacid
2Old Norsesýrasour milk
3Proto-Germanicsūrą—
Every word from Indo-European *ser- →