lakmoes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lecmoes. Equivalent to lekken +‎ moes, the first element was lated adapted by folk etymology to lak. Likely related to Old Norse litmosi, but the details of how they are related remain unclear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑk.mus/
Hyphenation: lak‧moes

Noun

lakmoes n (uncountable)

litmus

Derived terms

lakmoespapier
lakmoesproef

Descendants

Afrikaans: lakmoes
→ German: Lackmus
- → Hungarian: lakmusz
- → Polish: lakmus
→ Indonesian: lakmus

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