Where does “metylortęć” come from?

metylortęć (Polish) comes from Polish rtęć, from Proto-Slavic rьtǫtь — mercury, quicksilver.

metylortęć (Polish): methylmercury

Definitions

  1. methylmercury

Ancestry of “metylortęć”, step by step

metylortęć traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish rtęć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishrtęćmercury, quicksilver
2Proto-Slavicrьtǫtьmercury, quicksilver

via Polish metyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmetylmethyl
Every word from Proto-Slavic rьtǫtь →Every word from Polish rtęć →