Where does “シアン化カリウム” come from?

シアン化カリウム (Japanese) comes from Japanese シアン化, from Japanese シアン, from Dutch cyaan, from English can’t, from English -n’t, from English Not, from Middle English not, from Middle English nought — all.

シアン化カリウム (Japanese): potassium cyanide

Definitions

  1. potassium cyanide

Ancestry of “シアン化カリウム”, step by step

シアン化カリウム traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese シアン化

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseシアン化cyanide
2Japaneseシアンcyan
3Dutchcyaancyanogen, a blueish, acid, poisonous gas; cyan
4Englishcan’t(negative auxiliary); be unable to; not have the ability to (whether due to lacking relevant strength or skill or knowledge or supplies, or due to logical impossibility, etc)
5English-n’t
6EnglishNot
7Middle Englishnotnot; nothing, nought; nobody, no person
8Middle Englishnoughtnothing, none; not; iniquitous, wicked
9Old Englishnōwiht
10Old Englishnenot; or, and not; "ne... ne..." is used to mean "...
11Old Englisheallescompletely, wholly, entirely; totally,...
12Old Englisheallall; whole, entire; everything
13Proto-West Germanicallall
14Proto-Germanicallazall

via Japanese カリウム

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseカリウムpotassium
2New Latinkaliumpotassium
3GermanKaliumpotassium
4GermanKalipotash
5Arabicقِلْي
Every word from Proto-Germanic allaz