Where does “kaliumbentsoaatti” come from?

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

kaliumbentsoaatti (Finnish): potassium benzoate

Definitions

  1. potassium benzoate

Ancestry of “kaliumbentsoaatti”, step by step

kaliumbentsoaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaliumpotassium
2GermanKaliumpotassium
3GermanKalipotash
4Arabicقِلْي—

via Finnish bentsoaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbentsoaattibenzoate
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →