Where does “Kaliumcyanid” come from?

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

Kaliumcyanid (German): potassium cyanide

Definitions

  1. potassium cyanide

Ancestry of “Kaliumcyanid”, step by step

Kaliumcyanid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via German Cyanid

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