Where does “kaliumnitriitti” come from?

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

kaliumnitriitti (Finnish): potassium nitrite

Definitions

  1. potassium nitrite

Ancestry of “kaliumnitriitti”, step by step

kaliumnitriitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaliumpotassium
2GermanKaliumpotassium
3GermanKalipotash
4Arabicقِلْي—

via Finnish nitriitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnitriittinitrite
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →