Where does “青化カリ” come from?

青化カリ (Japanese) comes from Japanese カリウム, from New Latin kalium, from German Kalium, from German Kali, from Arabic قِلْي.

Ancestry of “青化カリ”, step by step

青化カリ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese カリウム

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseカリウムpotassium
2New Latinkaliumpotassium
3GermanKaliumpotassium
4GermanKalipotash
5Arabicقِلْي—

via Japanese 青化

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese青化—
2Japanese化-ization, -ification; action of making something...
3Middle Chinese化—
Every word from Arabic قِلْي →Every word from German Kali →Every word from German Kalium →