Where does “kalilipeä” come from?

kalilipeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kali, from German Kali, from Arabic قِلْي.

kalilipeä (Finnish): potassium hydroxide, caustic potash

Definitions

  1. potassium hydroxide, caustic potash

Ancestry of “kalilipeä”, step by step

kalilipeä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalipotassium; potassium oxide
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via Finnish lipeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipeälye; slippery
2Proto-Finniclipedaslippery
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →