Where does “potasă” come from?

potasă (Romanian) comes from French potasse, from Dutch potasch, from Dutch pottaschen — pot ashes.

potasă (Romanian): potash

Definitions

  1. potash

Ancestry of “potasă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpotassepotash
2Dutchpotaschspelling before 1946/47 for potas
3Dutchpottaschenpot ashes
Every word from Dutch pottaschen →Every word from Dutch potasch →Every word from French potasse →