Where does “Kaliumfluorid” come from?

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

Kaliumfluorid (German): potassium fluoride

Definitions

  1. potassium fluoride

Ancestry of “Kaliumfluorid”, step by step

Kaliumfluorid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via German Fluorid

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