Where does “Chlorkalk” come from?

Chlorkalk (German) comes from German Chlor, from French chloré, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

Chlorkalk (German): chlorinated lime

Definitions

  1. chlorinated lime

Ancestry of “Chlorkalk”, step by step

Chlorkalk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Chlor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanChlorchlorine
2Frenchchlorépast participle of chlorer; chlorinated
3EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via German kalk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankalksecond-person singular imperative of kalken
2Middle High Germankalc—
3Old High Germancalc—
4Proto-Germanic*kalk—
5Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
6Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →