Where does “ケイ素” come from?

ケイ素 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 珪, from Dutch keiaarde, from Dutch aarde, from Middle Dutch erde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

ケイ素 (Japanese): silicon, Si

Definitions

  1. silicon, Si

Ancestry of “ケイ素”, step by step

ケイ素 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesesilicon
2Dutchkeiaardesilicon
3Dutchaardeearth, soil, ground; earth, ground
4Middle Dutcherdethe Earth; soil, ground
5Old Dutcherthaearth
6Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
7Proto-Germanicerþōearth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseraw material; bare; element
2Middle Chinese

Words derived from “ケイ素

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-Every word from Proto-Germanic erþōEvery word from Proto-West Germanic erþu