Where does “polonium” come from?

polonium (Finnish) comes from New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia, from Polish Polanie, from Proto-Slavic poľane, from Proto-Slavic poľe, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

polonium (Finnish): polonium

Definitions

  1. polonium

Ancestry of “polonium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinpoloniumpolonium
2Medieval LatinPoloniaPoland
3PolishPolaniePoles; field-dwellers
4Proto-Slavicpoľane—
5Proto-Slavicpoľefield
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Slavic poľe →Every word from Proto-Slavic poľane →