Where does “alcalí” come from?

alcalí (Catalan) comes from Catalan -í, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

alcalí (Catalan): alkaline

Definitions

  1. alkaline

Ancestry of “alcalí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-í-ine; -yne
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “alcalí”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →