Where does “Natronkalk” come from?

Natronkalk (German) comes from German Natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

Natronkalk (German): soda lime

Definitions

  1. soda lime

Ancestry of “Natronkalk”, step by step

Natronkalk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Natron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNatronbicarb
2Spanishnatrónnatron
3Arabicنَطْرُون
4Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
5Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
6Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
7Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
8Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t

via German kalk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankalksecond-person singular imperative of kalken
2Middle High Germankalc
3Old High Germancalc
4Proto-Germanic*kalk
5Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
6Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t