Where does “dubnium” come from?

dubnium (Danish) comes from Russian Дубна́, from Proto-Slavic dǫbъ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰanw-.

dubnium (Danish): dubnium

Definitions

  1. dubnium

Ancestry of “dubnium”, step by step

dubnium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Дубна́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianДубна́—
2Proto-Slavicdǫbъoak tree; oak
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰanw-—

via Danish ium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishium—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰanw- →Every word from Proto-Slavic dǫbъ →Every word from Russian Дубна́ →