Where does “kálium-cianid” come from?

kálium-cianid (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cianid, from English cyanide, from English Ide, from French ide, from Latin Idus, from Swedish id, from Old Swedish idhe, from Old Norse *iði — work; a restless motion.

kálium-cianid (Hungarian): potassium cyanide

Definitions

  1. potassium cyanide

Ancestry of “kálium-cianid”, step by step

kálium-cianid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cianid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancianidcyanide any compound containing the -C≡N radical or the C≡N−1 anion
2EnglishcyanideAny compound containing the -C≡N radical or the...
3EnglishIdenamed after Saint Ida OS grid ref SX8990
4Frenchideide fish
5LatinIdusAlternative form of īdūs: the ides of a Roman...
6Swedishideffort, work, occupation; the tree "Taxus...
7Old Swedishidhe
8Old Norse*iði
9Old Norseiðjato be active, do, perform
10Old Norsework; a restless motion

via Hungarian kálium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankáliumpotassium
Every word from Old Norse