Where does “ytterbium” come from?

ytterbium (Danish) comes from Danish ium.

ytterbium (Danish): ytterbium

Definitions

  1. ytterbium

Ancestry of “ytterbium”, step by step

ytterbium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish ium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishium

via Danish Ytterby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishYtterby
Every word from Danish ium
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