Where does “Arsenkies” come from?

Arsenkies (German) comes from German Arsen, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν, from Middle Persian zarnīk, from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃i.

Arsenkies (German): arsenopyrite, mispickel

Definitions

  1. arsenopyrite, mispickel

Ancestry of “Arsenkies”, step by step

Arsenkies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Arsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanArsenarsenic
2Latinarsenicumarsenic
3Ancient Greekἀρσενικόνorpiment - arsenic sulphide; yellow arsenic
4Middle Persianzarnīk—
5Avestan𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀gold; golden
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃i—

via German kies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankiessingular imperative of kiesen
2Yiddishקיסpouch

Words derived from “Arsenkies”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃i →