Where does “kimya” come from?

kimya (Swahili) comes from Arabic كِيمِيَاء, from Ancient Greek χυμεία, from Ancient Greek χύμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

kimya (Swahili): silence

Definitions

  1. silence

Ancestry of “kimya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكِيمِيَاء—
2Ancient Greekχυμείαart of alloying metals, alchemy
3Ancient Greekχύμαthat which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “kimya”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χύμα →