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Where does “zarnīk” come from?
zarnīk (Middle Persian) comes from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃i.
Ancestry of “zarnīk”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Avestan
𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀
gold; golden
2
Proto-Indo-European
ǵʰelh₃i
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Words derived from “zarnīk”
arsenic
arsenate
arsenical
arsenide
arsine
arsenicosis
arsenous
biarsenical
arsphenamine
trimethylarsine
arsonic
arsenicism
organoarsenic
neoarsphenamine
arsenian
arseniferous
diarsenide
pyroarsenic
diphenylcyanoarsine
tetraarsenic
diarsenic
ἀρσενικόν
זרניכא
arsenicum
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