Where does “sodu” come from?

sodu (Lingala) comes from French sodium, from English sodium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

sodu (Lingala): sodium

Definitions

sodium

Ancestry of “sodu”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	sodium	sodium
2	English	sodium	The chemical element with an atomic number of 11...
3	English	-ium	1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
4	Latin	-um	nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5	Proto-Italic	*-om	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	*-oHom	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from English -ium →Every word from Latin -um →