Where does “كیمیا” come from?

كیمیا (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic كِيمِيَاء, from Ancient Greek χυμεία, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

كیمیا (Ottoman Turkish): alchemy, the premodern study of physical changes, which eventually developed in modern chemistry

Definitions

alchemy, the premodern study of physical changes, which eventually developed in modern chemistry

Ancestry of “كیمیا”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	كِيمِيَاء	—
2	Ancient Greek	χυμεία	art of alloying metals, alchemy
3	Ancient Greek	χύμα	that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,...
4	Ancient Greek	-μᾰ	"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5	Proto-Indo-European	-mn̥	Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “كیمیا”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χύμα →