Where does “Kaliumpyrosulfit” come from?

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

Kaliumpyrosulfit (German): potassium pyrosulfite, potassium metabisulfite

Definitions

  1. potassium pyrosulfite, potassium metabisulfite

Ancestry of “Kaliumpyrosulfit”, step by step

Kaliumpyrosulfit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaliumpotassium
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—

via German Pyrosulfit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPyrosulfitpyrosulfite, metabisulfite
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →Every word from German Kali →Every word from German Kalium →