Where does “Kalibergbau” come from?

Kalibergbau (German) comes from German Kali, from Arabic قِلْي.

Kalibergbau (German): potash mining

Definitions

  1. potash mining

Ancestry of “Kalibergbau”, step by step

Kalibergbau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKalipotash
2Arabicقِلْي—

via German Bergbau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBergbaumining; mining industry
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →