Where does “Kaliumnitrat” come from?

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

Kaliumnitrat (German): potassium nitrate

Definitions

  1. potassium nitrate

Ancestry of “Kaliumnitrat”, step by step

Kaliumnitrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via German Nitrat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNitratnitrate
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →