lakmoes

Concepts

litmus

Translations

Lackmus

tornasol

teinture de tournesol

tornasole

🌻

bleu de tournesol

lacmoïde

tornassol

tornassol

turnusol

lackmus

tournesol

🌻

lackmoïde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɑk.mus/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lecmoes

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lijcmoes

Cognate with Old Norse: litmosi

In summary

From Middle Dutch lecmoes (1252), Middle Dutch lijcmoes (1459), early modern Dutch leeckmoes (1514), modern Dutch lackmoes (ca. 1620 and 1679). Equivalent to lekken + moes, the first element was later adapted by folk etymology to lak. Likely related to Old Norse litmosi, but the details of how they are related remain unclear.