Where does “Erlenmeyerkolv” come from?

Erlenmeyerkolv (Swedish) comes from Swedish kolv — a piston.

Erlenmeyerkolv (Swedish): an Erlenmeyer flask

Definitions

  1. an Erlenmeyer flask

Ancestry of “Erlenmeyerkolv”, step by step

Erlenmeyerkolv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kolv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkolva piston

via Swedish Erlenmeyer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishErlenmeyer
Every word from Swedish kolv