Where does “kaliumnitraatti” come from?

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

kaliumnitraatti (Finnish): potassium nitrate

Definitions

  1. potassium nitrate

Ancestry of “kaliumnitraatti”, step by step

kaliumnitraatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaliumpotassium
2GermanKaliumpotassium
3GermanKalipotash
4Arabicقِلْي—

via Finnish nitraatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnitraattinitrate
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →Every word from German Kali →Every word from German Kalium →