Where does “molekylstruktur” come from?

molekylstruktur (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk struktur, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

molekylstruktur (Norwegian Nynorsk): molecular structure

Definitions

  1. molecular structure

Ancestry of “molekylstruktur”, step by step

molekylstruktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk struktur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskstrukturstructure
2Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
3Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
4Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via Norwegian Nynorsk molekyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskmolekyla molecule (as above)
2Frenchmoléculemolecule
3New Latinmoleculaa molecule; molecule
4Latinmōlēsmultitude, mass (of material)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew- →