Where does “metyylielohopea” come from?

metyylielohopea (Finnish) comes from Finnish elohopea, from Latin argentum vīvum — quicksilver.

metyylielohopea (Finnish): methylmercury

Definitions

  1. methylmercury

Ancestry of “metyylielohopea”, step by step

metyylielohopea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elohopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishelohopeaA metallic element: mercury, quicksilver,...
2Latinargentum vīvumquicksilver

via Finnish metyyli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetyylimethyl
Every word from Latin argentum vīvum →Every word from Finnish elohopea →