Where does “arsenik” come from?
arsenik (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آرسنیق, from French arsenic, from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν, from Middle Persian zarnīk, from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃i.
arsenik (Turkish): arsenic
Ancestry of “arsenik”, step by step