Where does “게르마늄” come from?
게르마늄 (Korean) 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.
게르마늄 (Korean): germanium
Ancestry of “게르마늄”, step by step