Where does “Kaliumhydroxid” come from?

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

Kaliumhydroxid (German): potassium hydroxide

Definitions

  1. potassium hydroxide

Ancestry of “Kaliumhydroxid”, step by step

Kaliumhydroxid traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via Swedish kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkaliumpotassium

via German hydroxid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhydroxidhydroxide
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →