Where does “jua kali” come from?

jua kali (Swahili) comes from Swahili kali, from English kalium, from New Latin kalium, from German Kalium, from German Kali, from Arabic قِلْي.

jua kali (Swahili): craft or artisan work

Definitions

  1. craft or artisan work

Ancestry of “jua kali”, step by step

jua kali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilikalisharp; fierce; acidic
2EnglishkaliumPotassium
3New Latinkaliumpotassium
4GermanKaliumpotassium
5GermanKalipotash
6Arabicقِلْي—

via Swahili jua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilijuasun
2Proto-Bantu*ìjʊ́bàsun

Words derived from “jua kali”

Every word from Arabic قِلْي →Every word from German Kali →Every word from German Kalium →