Where does “tetrachlorometan” come from?

tetrachlorometan (Polish) comes from Polish metan, from German Methan, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

tetrachlorometan (Polish): carbon tetrachloride

Definitions

  1. carbon tetrachloride

Ancestry of “tetrachlorometan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmetanmethane
2GermanMethanmethane
3Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an—
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →