ättika

See also: Attika

Swedish

Etymology

From late Old Norse edik, from Middle Low German etik or Middle Dutch edik, from Proto-West Germanic *atek, metathesized variant of *aket, from Latin acētum.

Compare Faroese edikur, Norwegian Bokmål eddik, Danish eddike, Icelandic edik, Old English æċed, German Essig.

According to SO attested since the latter half of the 14th century via Codex Bureanus.

Noun

ättika c

1. Various concentrations of acetic acid; white vinegar.
2. (cooking) A solution of water and 24% acetic acid; concentrated white vinegar. (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

Declension of ättika

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ättika	ättikas
	definite	ättikan	ättikans
plural	indefinite	ättikor	ättikors
	definite	ättikorna	ättikornas

Meronyms

• vatten (“water”)
• ättiksyra (“acetic acid”)

Derived terms

• isättika (“90–100% acetic acid”, literally “ice acetic”)
• ättika (“24% acetic acid”, literally “acetic”)
• ättiksprit (“12% acetic acid”, literally “acetic spirit”)
• inläggningsättika (“6% acetic acid”, literally “pickling acetic”)
• matättika (“3% acetic acid”, literally “food acetic”)
• ättikslag (“pickling solution”, literally “acetic brine/solution”)

See also

• vinäger (“flavoured vinegar”)

References

• ättika in Svensk ordbok (SO)