dialkylzinc

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
5. Latindi-
6. Englishdi-
7. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
8. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
9. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
10. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
11. Medieval Latinalcoho
12. Middle Englishalcofol
13. Englishalc(ohol)
14. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
15. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
16. Englishalkyl
17. Englishdialkyl
18. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
19. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
20. Proto-Germanic*tindaz
21. Old High Germanzint?
22. Old High Germanzinko
23. Middle High Germanzinke
24. GermanZinke?
25. GermanZink
26. Englishzinc
27. English todaydialkylzinc

From dialkyl + zinc.