Where does “kaliumhydroksid” come from?

kaliumhydroksid (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hydroksid, from Norwegian Bokmål hydrogen — hydrogen (chemical element, symbol H).

kaliumhydroksid (Norwegian Bokmål): potassium hydroxide

Definitions

  1. potassium hydroxide

Ancestry of “kaliumhydroksid”, step by step

kaliumhydroksid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål hydroksid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhydroksida hydroxide
2Norwegian Bokmålhydrogenhydrogen (chemical element, symbol H)

via Norwegian Bokmål kalium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkaliumpotassium
Every word from Norwegian Bokmål hydrogenEvery word from Norwegian Bokmål hydroksid