Where does “ゲルマニウム” come from?
ゲルマニウム (Japanese) comes from German Germanium, from Latin Germānia, from Latin Germānī, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
ゲルマニウム (Japanese): germanium
Ancestry of “ゲルマニウム”, step by step