Where does “trona” come from?
trona (Slovak) comes from Swedish trona, from Arabic أَطْرُون, from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
trona (Slovak): trona
Definitions
- trona
Ancestry of “trona”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | trona | to occupy an elevated or prominent position (literally or figuratively), such as on a throne |
| 2 | Arabic | أَطْرُون | — |
| 3 | Arabic | نَطْرُون | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νίτρον | sodium carbonate |
| 5 | Egyptian | nṯrj | to be divine; to make divine; divine, holy |
| 6 | Egyptian | -j | Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives.... |
| 7 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 8 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |