Where does “natrijum” come from?
natrijum (Serbo-Croatian) comes from New Latin natrium, from German Natron, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t.
natrijum (Serbo-Croatian): sodium
Ancestry of “natrijum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | New Latin | natrium | sodium |
| 2 | German | Natron | bicarb |
| 3 | Spanish | natrón | natron |
| 4 | Arabic | نَطْرُون | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | νίτρον | sodium carbonate |
| 6 | Egyptian | nṯrj | to be divine; to make divine; divine, holy |
| 7 | Egyptian | -j | Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives.... |
| 8 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 9 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |