Where does “kaliumalginaatti” come from?

kaliumalginaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalium, from German Kalium, from German Kali, from Arabic قِلْي.

kaliumalginaatti (Finnish): potassium alginate

Definitions

  1. potassium alginate

Ancestry of “kaliumalginaatti”, step by step

kaliumalginaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaliumpotassium
2GermanKaliumpotassium
3GermanKalipotash
4Arabicقِلْي

via Finnish alginaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalginaattialginate salt or ester of alginic acid
Every word from Arabic قِلْي
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