Latvian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

skābējs gaiss m (1st declension)

  1. (obsolete term) oxygen

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

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