Where does “鉬” come from?

鉬 (Chinese) comes from New Latin molybdaenum, from Latin molybdaena, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

Ancestry of “鉬”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinmolybdaenummolybdenum
2Latinmolybdaenanominative plural of molybdaenum; accusative...
3Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin molybdaena →