skābējs

Latvian

Etymology

A term coined in the mid-19th century by K. Valdemārs, first as skābējs gaiss, later reduced to skābējs. It never became popular and was soon replaced by the modern term skābeklis. [1]

Noun

skābējs m (1st declension)

  1. (obsolete term) oxygen

Declension

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skābt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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