Where does “Kaliumchlorid” come from?

Kaliumchlorid (German) comes from German Kalium, from German Kali, from Arabic قِلْي.

Kaliumchlorid (German): potassium chloride

Definitions

  1. potassium chloride

Ancestry of “Kaliumchlorid”, step by step

Kaliumchlorid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via German Chlorid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanChloridchloride
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →Every word from German Kali →Every word from German Kalium →
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