Where does “broomkali” come from?
broomkali (Dutch) comes from Dutch kali, from Javanese ꦏꦭ, from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.
broomkali (Dutch): potassium bromide, in particular in reference to its use as a sedative and antiepileptic around the fin de siècle
Definitions
- potassium bromide, in particular in reference to its use as a sedative and antiepileptic around the fin de siècle
Ancestry of “broomkali”, step by step
broomkali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kali | river |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦏꦭ | time; season; bird noose or snare |
| 3 | Old Javanese | kali | river |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kali | to dig up; to excavate |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | kalih | to dig up; to excavate |
| 6 | Old Javanese | ka- | passive verb-forming prefix |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ka- | marker of past time in temporal expressions |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | ka- | inchoative |
via Dutch broomkalium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | broomkalium | potassium bromide, in particular in reference to its use as a sedative and antiepileptic around the fin de siècle |
| 2 | Dutch | broom | bromine |
| 3 | French | bromé | past participle of bromer; brominated |
| 4 | New Latin | Bromus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βρόμος | oat; wild oat, slender oat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrem- | to make noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |