Where does “prowitamina” come from?
prowitamina (Polish) comes from Polish witamina, from Polish amina, from Latin ammoniacum, from Ancient Greek ἀμμωνιακόν, from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων, from Egyptian jmn, from Egyptian mn, from Proto-Vietic kaw — to chew.
prowitamina (Polish): provitamin, vitamer
Definitions
- provitamin, vitamer
Ancestry of “prowitamina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | witamina | vitamin |
| 2 | Polish | amina | amine |
| 3 | Latin | ammoniacum | gum ammoniac; ammonia |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀμμωνιακόν | ammoniacum, a kind of gum resin; Ferula... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἄμμων | Amun |
| 6 | Egyptian | jmn | to hide, to conceal; to hide, to be hidden or... |
| 7 | Egyptian | mn | to be established, to be fixed or set; to stick,... |
| 8 | Proto-Vietic | kaw | — |
| 9 | Dutch | kauwen | to chew |
| 10 | Middle Dutch | couwen | to chew |
| 11 | Old Dutch | kiuwan | to chew |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | keuwan | to chew |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kewwaną | to chew |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵyewh₁- | to chew |