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Where does “trona” come from?

trona (Swedish) comes from Arabic أَطْرُون, from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

Ancestry of “trona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَطْرُون—
2Arabicنَطْرُون—
3Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
4Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
5Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
6Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
7Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “trona”

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